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Object NameWineglass
MakerProbably
Heinrich Jäger
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Dateabout 1575-1650
Place MadeItaly, Venice
Techniqueblown, engraved
Size(a&b) H: 42.8 cm; Rim Diam: 11.9 cm, Foor Diam: 13.3 cm; (a) H: 31.5 cm, Rim Diam: 11.8 cm, Foot Diam: 13.5 cm; (b) H: 13.0 cm, Rim Diam: 3.9 cm, Foot Diam: 10.4 cm
Accession Number68.3.17
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless (heavily crizzled) non-lead glass; blown, engraved. (a) Large round-funnel bowl, engraved decoration of a lion chasing a bee, with a ribband overhead inscribed "Non nimium Securg[us]"; on the reverse, an eagle holding a man's severed head in its talons and beak, and a ribband inscribed "Nosce te Ipsum"; continuous ground line below, with scattered growing plants; tall stem composed of two rounded and one angular merese above a conical true baluster knop; two rounded mereses, a flattened ball knop, a rounded merese, a conical inverted baluster, and two rounded mereses; large circular, sloping foot; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed shape with folded ledge and tapered brim; engraved continuous landscape, with a man and horse plowing a field, a sheepherder with dog and ten sheep, and trees; engraved inscription above, "FAC TUA et FIDE DEO"; engraved inscription on the brmi "Nichtes Wirt Soklein gesponnen Es Kompt Entlich an der Sonnen"; conical finial mounted on three mereses; rough pontil mark inside.Provenance
Source
Cecil Davis
