Tall Pole Glass (Stangenglas)

Place of OriginGermany

Dateabout 1520-1530

DimensionsH: 9 1/4 in. (21.5 cm); Base Diam: 4 5/9 in. (11.6 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

MediumTransparent green glass; blown, applied prunts, diamond-point engraved

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.122

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

Label TextThe barely legible inscription that runs around the rim of this glass translates in part as, “On February 16. 1620, my brother-in-law Casper Vögelin made me the gift of these two glasses…by many and true friends….” From the inscription, the tall “pole” glass evidently had a mate. Both glasses apparently served as welcome or friendship glasses that were passed around during communal drinking on celebratory occasions.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, repr. (det.) p. 75, repr. (col.) p. 86.