passglas

Object NameHofkellerei Passglas

Made FromGlass

Date1699

Techniquefree-blown, enameled, gilded

SizeH: 24.7 cm; D (rim): 10.3 cm, (foot ring): 11.4 cm

Accession Number57.3.136

Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Germany

Physical DescriptionClear glass with many bubbles and impurities and very slight green tinge; wear marks at base; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Almost cylindrical body, slightly concave at lower third, high pushed up base with rough pontil mark, applied crimped foot ring, collar around base of body; enamel decoration: on the obverse the multicolored coat of arms of Saxony and Poland, topped by the royal crown and the letters: "F. A. R. P. E. S." (Fredericus Augustus Rex Poloniae Elector Saxoniae); on the reverse: "BULDERHANNS 1699"; the whole body is divided in almost equal parts of five yellow horizontal rings, and below rim, by a gilded band (partly rubbed off) accompanied by three white lines.
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