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Humpen

Humpen

Object NameGiant Humpen with Cover
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1899
Place MadeGermany
Size(a&b) H: 56-57 cm; (a) H: 38-39 cm
Accession Number57.3.151 C
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green very heavy glass with bubbles and impurities; free-blown, cold painted and gilded. a) Tall cylindrical body with pushed up bases having rough pontil mark, the broadened base tooled to have a wavy outline, the underside shows piercings from a tool; b) flanged, domed cover with large double bulge top crowned by a finial consisting of a succession of knops decreasing in diameter towards the top. On the obverse the very large coats of arms of the Duke of Saxony, above the initials: "IGHZSICVBC" (Johann Georg Herzog zu Sachsen, Julich, Cleve und Berg, Churfurst); on the reverse the arms of Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony with large armorial bearings and two putti supporting the crown, above the initials: "FARPES" (Fredericus Augustus Rex Poloniae Elector Saxonae); in the empty spaces star and blossom-like motifs; below rim a gilded band accompanied by two rows of beads, on the foot ring groups of three white dashes; on the cover similar larger gilded and white star and blossom motifs, groups of three dashes on the flange and on the bulges as well as on the finials, rings of white beads adjoined to the bulges and the finials.
Provenance
Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)