roemer
Object NameRoemer
Made FromGlass, Paint, Gilding, Pewter
Dateabout 1650-1660; decoration dated 1662
Place Madeprobably Germany (Rhineland); possibly Netherlands
TechniqueBlown, applied, impressed, trailed, painted, gilt, assembled
SizeOverall H: 26 cm, Diam (max): 14 cm
Accession Number2023.3.11
Credit LineGift of Dwight and Lorri Lanmon
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionRoemer. Transparent light green non-lead glass; blown, applied, impressed, trailed, painted, gilt; pewter foot rim. Large cup-shaped bowl covered with unfired painted and gilt decoration: a linear band below a series of linked curves and diamonds, above a series of eight large coats of arms; inscriptions above and below; the cylindrical stem open to the bowl; a milled trailed thread at the base of the bowl, partly covered with gilt paint; four rows of applied circular “raspberry” prunts impressed with a pattern of closely raised dots on the stem; domed pewter foot rim applied to the trailed base (two trailed rings of the original coiled glass foot are visible underneath the foot); rough pontil mark. Encircling the bowl below the coats of arms is an inscription. The transcription and translation of the inscription: “Wan ein güth freünde fert ein bey mir; Setz ich im diesen Wilkum für Damit kan er verspüren thon, mein gütte treu Affection Ao 1662.” In English translation: “When a good friend visits, I put this Willkomm in front of him; thereby he can feel my good and loyal affection Anno 1662.”Provenance
Former Collection
Museum fur Angewandt Kunst Frankfurt
- about 1943-1999
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Vienna (about 1943 to 1999); inventory numbers GL3039 and 30546 inscribed on the bottom of the pewter foot.
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Vienna (about 1943 to 1999); inventory numbers GL3039 and 30546 inscribed on the bottom of the pewter foot.
Former Collection probably
Denkmalamt (Monuments Office of the Gestapo)
- 1938-about 1943
Source
Dwight P. Lanmon
(American, b. 1938)
Purchased by Dwight P. Lanmon from Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 51.
Purchased by Dwight P. Lanmon from Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 51.
Former Collection
Brunk Auction
Sold by Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 51.
Sold by Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 51.
Former Collection
Peter H. Tillou
Presumably purchased at the 1999 Christie’s sale.
Presumably purchased at the 1999 Christie’s sale.
Former Collection
Christie's, London
Sold at Christie’s, London, 7 July 1999, lot 139, along with other items belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild.
Sold at Christie’s, London, 7 July 1999, lot 139, along with other items belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild.
Former Collection
Rothschild Family
Restituted to the Rothschild family in March 1999.
Restituted to the Rothschild family in March 1999.
Former Collection
Baron Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild
Baron Alfonse (or Alphonse) von Rothschild (1878-1942) and his wife, Clarice (inventory number AR2738).
Baron Alfonse (or Alphonse) von Rothschild (1878-1942) and his wife, Clarice (inventory number AR2738).
Former Collection
Baron Salomon Albert Anselm von Rothschild
(1844 - 1911)
Former Collection
Baron Nathaniel Mayer von Rothschild
It is enumerated as number 244 in an undated inventory catalog of the collection of Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild in his palace at Theresianumgasse 14 in Vienna
It is enumerated as number 244 in an undated inventory catalog of the collection of Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild in his palace at Theresianumgasse 14 in Vienna
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