Passglass
A clear, yellowish-green glass with a very unusual shape: a cylindrical base rising to an octagonal rim. It is decorated with milled blue glass thread, wound about ten times around the glass. The rings that are formed by this decorative motif are known as 'passes': in fact the vessel is known as a passglass. This passglass was made in Germany or the Netherlands in the 17th century. It is one of the few surviving examples, although many were made in the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact their long, thin shape made these glasses especially delicate. In the course of time countless passglasses hav... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Image |
| Schlagwörter: | Decorative Art / 17th century / Dutch / passglasses / tumbler / tumblers / drinking glasses / vessels |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27423911 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/47578 |
A clear, yellowish-green glass with a very unusual shape: a cylindrical base rising to an octagonal rim. It is decorated with milled blue glass thread, wound about ten times around the glass. The rings that are formed by this decorative motif are known as 'passes': in fact the vessel is known as a passglass. This passglass was made in Germany or the Netherlands in the 17th century. It is one of the few surviving examples, although many were made in the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact their long, thin shape made these glasses especially delicate. In the course of time countless passglasses have been broken. This is one of the rare remaining examples." http://www.rijksmuseum.nl)