Humpen
Object NameHumpen with the Twelve Apostles
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1600-1700
Place MadeGermany; Bohemia
Techniquefree-blown, enameled, gilded
SizeH: 30.5 cm; D (rim): 12.2 cm, (base): 13.9 cm
Accession Number57.3.72
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear bubbly glass with many impurities and green tinge; wear marks at base; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Almost cylindrical body with slight bulge in upper part, high pushed up base having rough pontil mark applied foot ring; enamel decoration: the object is divided in two zones, each subdivided into upright rectangles framed by yellow, red and blue lines and containing the multicolored figures of twelve apostles; each rectangle contains an apostle in full length with his attributes and with a ribbon inscribed above with his name; "S. PETRUS, ANDREAS, IACOB. D. GROSE, JOHANNES, PHILLIPUS, BARTOLOMEUS"; in the upper zone: "S. THOMAS, MATHEUS, JACOB. D. KLEINE, SIMON, JUDAS THADEUS, MATHIAS"; in the lower zone, below rim a gilded band (partly rubbed off) studded with red dots and accompanied by four rows of white and blue dots, white dashes on the foot ring.Provenance
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
