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Humpen

Object NameArmorial Humpen
Made FromGlass
Date1576-1603
Place MadeBohemia
Techniquefree-blown, enameled, gilded
SizeH: 27.2 cm; D (rim): 12.2 cm, (foot ring): 12.8 cm
Accession Number57.3.105
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive Notes
The coats of arms belong to the noble families of Oldenburg and Schwarzburg. They commemorate the marriage of Johann VII, Count of Oldenburg (d.1603) to Elisabeth of Schwarzburg (1541-1612) in 1576. The Oldenburg family were ancestors of the current British, Danish and Norwegian royal families.
Physical DescriptionClear bubbly glass with many minute impurities and grey tinge; wear marks at base; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Almost cylindrical body with pushed up base having rough pontil mark, applied foot ring; enamel decoration: on the vessel in multicolored enamel the large coats of arms of the houses of Oldenburg and Schwarzburg, separated from each other by two lily-of-the-valley stalks; above is the inscription: "V. G. G. I. G. Z. O. V. D. H. Z. I. + V. G. G. E. G. Z. S. G. Z. O. V. D. F. Z. I" (Von Gottes Gnaden Johann Graf zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst, Herr zu Jever. Von Gottes Gnaden Elisabeth Grafin zu Schwarzburg, Grafin zu Oldenburg und Delmenhorst, Frau (?) zu Jever); the inscription is separated by an S-like sign and crosses; below rim a gilded band, partly with a scale pattern studded with a zigzag frieze of triple rows of white and red beads, the scales having central green beads; white dashes on the foot ring.
Provenance
Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)