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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Beaker

1680-90 (made)
Artist/Maker
Faber, Johann Ludwig (enameller)
Place of origin
Germany (decorated)
Nuremberg (enamelled)

Beaker, enamelled and inscribed.


Object details

Object type
Beaker
Materials and techniques
Enamelled
Brief description
Glass beaker, probably enamelled by Johann Ludwig Faber, Nuremberg (Germany), c.1680-90
Physical description
Beaker, enamelled and inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
Styles
Europe
Schwarzlot
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ad arma' / 'MARS will jetzund triumphiren (Inscription; decoration; German)
  • 'LEX und ARS die Exuliren' (Inscription; decoration)
Gallery label
One side painted with the figure of Mars, emblematic of war, the other with figures of Justice and Art.
Object history
Bought from the Bernal Collection.
Bibliographic reference
Bosch, 1984; cat.284
Other number
8935 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1903F-1855

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Record createdNovember 3, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9473/beaker-faber-johann-ludwig/
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