passglas

Object NamePassglas

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1728

Techniqueblown, enameled

SizeH: 25 cm; diam: (rim) 7.9 cm, (foot) 10.4 cm

Accession Number79.3.427

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Enameled Glass

Masterpieces of European and American Glass

Place Made

Germany

Physical DescriptionColorless (pale violet) non-lead glass; blown, enameled. Cylindrical shape with splayed foot formed from the same gather; bowl divided into four zones with yellow lines; figures of a man holding a goblet and a woman holding a yellow fruit, with tools of a blacksmith between, with three elaborate, stylized flowers in a vertical row beneath; inscribed "VIVAT Mein Schatz" on the reverse in the first zone, and "Liebe mich allein/oder Lass Dass lieben/gar seyn," "Ein freues Hertz, hab ich/ein freues Hertz/lieb ich," "Ein freues Hertz Soll Bey mir Sein/Biss mir Gott Nimbt, das leben mein," and "Anno Christi 1728" in the zone below; conical kick with rough pontil mark.
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