Beaker (Passglas)
17th century (made)
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The 'Passglas' is a type of communal drinking glass. The distance between the horizontal ribbed lines is called a 'Pass' or measure. When drinking form such beakers, the drinker has to drink exacly to the next measure line in one go. If he hasn't reached the next line, he has to drink again, to the next measure-line below.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Blown and hot-worked glass. |
| Brief description | Beaker (Passglas), Germany, 1600-1699 |
| Physical description | Tall cyllindrical beaker of clear, colourless glass. A applied tall foot, with down-folded rim. The bottom has been pushed up slightly to form a 'kick'. Four, equally spaced, horizontal glass threads around the body. The threads are ribbed. |
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| Gallery label | For communal drinking; the trailed rings mark the ammount that each drinker was to take. |
| Object history | Bought, together with Circ.64-1909, from Mrs. J. Cattermole for £ 3 in total. |
| Summary | The 'Passglas' is a type of communal drinking glass. The distance between the horizontal ribbed lines is called a 'Pass' or measure. When drinking form such beakers, the drinker has to drink exacly to the next measure line in one go. If he hasn't reached the next line, he has to drink again, to the next measure-line below. |
| Bibliographic reference | Dieter Schaich, Reine Formsache, Berlin, 2007, p. 108, cat. 119 for a very similar passglass. He mentions further reference pieces. |
| Other number | 2191 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | CIRC.63-1909 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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