Tall Pole Glass (Stangenglas)
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
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Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
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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.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.- Glass
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Willem Jacobsz. Van Heemskerk
Mid-17th century
about 1665
1598
1650-1675
1625-1660
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