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champagne glass

champagne glass

Object Name4 Armorial Champagnes
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1899
Place MadeGermany
Techniquefree-blown, pattern-molded, enameled, gilded
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number57.3.148
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass; free-blown, pattern-molded, enameled and gilded. Very slender conical bowl ending in a solid stem, which rests on a flat foot with no pontil mark; body and stem patterned in rib mold with ribs turning to right; on the obverse of the four champagnes, in multicolored enamel, armorial shields: (A) half figure of rampant lion on blue background, underneath three diamonds on red background; above the initials "H. L. W. Z. 1604"; (B) on shield a lion's head, half of it in brown on white and the other half white on brown, underneath a quartered section in blue and red, above the initials "I. K. L. N. 1612"; (C) on the shield a diagonal strip in brown with three fleurs-de-lis, on a white shield, above the initials "M. H. E. P. W. K. 1624"; on the reverse a diamond and star-like ornament consisting of blue and yellow dots accompanied by white spirals, dashes and dots, around rim a gilded band, underneath a red line, a white dotted line as well as a stylized flower and leaf wreath, around upper stem a red, a blue and a yellow dots, on foot a gilded band around rim followed by a red line and again a stylized leaf and flower wreath.
Provenance
Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)