Beaker
1671 (dated)
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Painted with a miner and his wife in their best clothes, the man raising his glass to his wife. Inscribed "Hannss Höler Elisabetha Hölerin 1671" and "Tieff sindt wir bergkleuth verborgen, in den Sachern, tieff und lanck wir trauen Gottund wollen nicht sorgen, loben Gott mit unsern gesang Schlegel und eysenfuhr wir in Henden Dass soll unser nahrung sein Gott woll unss sein engelein senden Frohlich fahrn wir auss und ein" (enamelled)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled glass |
| Brief description | Beaker (Humpen), Germany, probably Franconia, 1671 |
| Physical description | Painted with a miner and his wife in their best clothes, the man raising his glass to his wife. Inscribed "Hannss Höler Elisabetha Hölerin 1671" and "Tieff sindt wir bergkleuth verborgen, in den Sachern, tieff und lanck wir trauen Gottund wollen nicht sorgen, loben Gott mit unsern gesang Schlegel und eysenfuhr wir in Henden Dass soll unser nahrung sein Gott woll unss sein engelein senden Frohlich fahrn wir auss und ein" (enamelled) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed 'Hannß Höler Elisabetha Hölerin 1671' and 'Tieff sindt wir bergkleuth verborgen, in den Sächern, tieff und lanck wir trauen Gott und wollen nicht sorgen, loben Gott mit unsern gesang Schlegel und eysen führ wir in Henden Daß soll unser nahrung sein Gott woll unß sein engelein senden Fröhlich fahrn wir auß und ein' (enamelled) (Decoration) |
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| Production | Made in Franconia |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lent to 'Das und Anderes Mehr Kumbt Alles vom Berckwerck Her' at Schloss Cappenberg 6.9.90 - 4.11.90, an exhibition organised by the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum. See German enameled glass - the Edwin J. Beinicke collection and related pieces - Axel von Saldern, Corning, New York (1965, p.140, fig. 244). |
| Other number | 8633 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 95-1853 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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