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Object NameVase with Cover

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

Place MadeGermany

Size(Aa&b) H: 28.9 cm, D (rim): 9.5 cm; (B,C) H: 16.4-16.5 cm, D: 7.7 cm

Accession Number57.3.55 A

Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke

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Physical DescriptionClear glass with very few bubbles and impurities; free-blown, enameled and gilded. a) Spherical body tapering at bottom and resting on pedestal foot with flaring rim and rough pontil mark, wide straight-sided neck slightly tapering downwards, two solid ear-shaped handles applied to neck; b) flanged domed cover with ball finial; on the obverse (neck), "Schaper"-like partly translucent predominantly black multicolored enamel the half figure "King Augustus of Poland" (Duke of Saxony) in full attire; underneath on the body the coat-of-arms of Saxony; on the reverse flanked by two motifs one cartouche-like, the other star-like, a tray-like object on which rest a helm, a saber and a lance, below rim on the neck the following inscription: "AUGUSTUS REX POLONIAE 1664"; black bands on lower portion of body, at joints of parts of body; the handles are painted black, diamond-shaped black areas at neck at handle area; around upper foot a band in silver stain and black with S-shaped motifs; on the cover a similar motif, with scratched in wavy lines, above flange a thorn-like wreath, finial painted black.
Provenance

Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)