Westphalian Treaty Humpen

Object Name: 
Westphalian Treaty Humpen

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Object Name: 
Westphalian Treaty Humpen
Place Made: 
Germany, Franconia
Accession Number: 
57.3.54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.4 cm; Rim Diam: 12.8 cm; Foot Ring Diam: 13.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1650
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Web Description: 
The Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648 and ended decades of religious war within Europe.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Beinecke, Edwin J. (d. 1957), Source
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
colorless
green
yellow
Technique: 
gilding
enameling
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
enamel
gold

Description

Primary Description: 
Clear bubbly glass with greenish-yellow tinge; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Almost cylindrical body tapers downwards and at rim, with high pushed up base having rough pontil mark, applied foot ring; enamel decoration: covered with very intricate multicolored decoration and a long inscription representing and referring to the Westphalian Treaty; on the obverse is the German Emperor flanked by the King of France and the Queen of Sweden, all three in full length and clad in rich garments; above the platform on which they stand is a three leaf white clover on which there are inscriptions.

Exhibitions (2)

Heads of State
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-03-20 through 2003-09-01
West Bridge Show
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
 

Publications (15)

Baroque Influences on the Form and Decoration of Glass (2014) illustrated, p. 49; BIB# 142141
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 79; BIB# 130360
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 79; BIB# 135965
The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, p. 100; BIB# 128671
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 75; BIB# 68214
The Encyclopedia of Glass (2001) illustrated, p. 90; BIB# 69319
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 38; BIB# 63967
Beer: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best (1996) illustrated, p. 60; BIB# 27027
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 204; BIB# 58995
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 55, #44; BIB# 35679
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 116-117, pl. 50; BIB# 33819
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 116-117, pl. 50; BIB# 20953
German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, pp. 300-301, #40; pp. 81, 193; BIB# 18098
Recent Important Acquisitions, 1 (1959) illustrated, pp. 110-111, #24; BIB# AI97751
Title Unknown (Weltkunst) (1958-10-01) p. 10;