passglas
Object NamePassglas
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1728
Place MadeGermany
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)
Exhibitions
Enameled Glass
Masterpieces of European and American Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
