French Wine Glass

French Wine Glass

This French wine glass has a bucket bowl, stem with large bladed knop and high folded foot.

H: 13½ cm

18th C

Ref: Gros & Delettrez 2006 Lot 175

10E French Wine Glass

Facon de Venise Goblet

Facon de Venise Goblet

The bowl of this goblet has gadrooning with spiked terminals. The composite stem consist of a capstan above a flattened ball ribbed knop over a hollow inverted baluster knop ending on a folded foot. The place manufacture of the technically exquisite and beautiful goblet is unknown.

H: 7 ¼ inches

19^th Century

3E Gadrooned Goblet

English Glass Tankard

English Glass Tankard

This English drinking vessel has a band of four threads below the rim, gadrooned base and single-loop handle.

H: 4 ½ inches

c.1770

Bickerton # 816, 817

17E English Tankard

BERKEMEYER WALD GLASS

This early type of Wald glass is called a Berkemeyer.  It has a flaring bowl on a prunted stem with pinched foot ring. Found in Germany. To view all the Roemers and Wald glass in this collection click here.

H: 9 cm

2nd  Half of 16th C.

Rijksmuseum # 171

12E Berkemeyer 2nd Half of 16th Century H 9cm

Early Roemer

EARLY ROEMER

The restored ovoid bowl on this early Roemer is attached to an open stem decorated with pulled prunts. This Roemer bowl is more flared than example 40E. Unlike later Roemers there is no spiral foot only a pinched “toed” base ring. This form is closer to the Berkemeyer example 12E, which has a flared bowl. The discoloration on this early Roemer is due to the soil where it was found.

 H: 10 cm

16^th Century

Ref: Henkes #45.13,Glass V&A #42,Ritman Coll. #20

56E Early Roemer 16th Century H 10cm

Early Roemer

EARLY ROEMER

The restored ovoid bowl on this early Roemer is attached to an open stem decorated with pulled prunts. Unlike later Roemers there is no spiral foot only a pinched “toed” base ring. This form is close to the Berkemeyer12E, which has a flaring bowl. The bowl’s shape is the main difference in these two types.  Also see early Roemer 56E.

H: 9 cm

16^th Century

Ref: Henkes #45.13

40E Early Roemer 16th Century H 9cm

German Wine Glass with Engraved Hare

German Wine Glass with Engraved Hare

 This beautiful wine glass is engraved with a hare on its conical bowl sitting on a molded pedestal stem and folded foot. The glass was made in Germany around 1740.

H: 14.5 cm

1740

11E German Wine Glass with Engraved Hare

HONEYCOMB ROMAN BEAKER

HONEYCOMB BEAKER of Nico F. Bijnsdorp

HONEYCOMB ROMAN BEAKER

4th century AD. Eastern Meditarranean.
H = 11.0 cm. Dmax = 11.6 cm. Drim = 11.3 cm. Weight = 180 gr.

Classification: Isings 1957: Form 107a., Goethert-Polaschek: Form 50.

Condition: Perfect condition. Shiny surface.

Technique: Pattern blown body. Rim tooled.

Description: Yellowish green transparent glass. Hemispherical body with straight upper portion. Rim outsplayed and cracked off. Below rim a band of 58 vertical fluted tongues, in length varying between 15 and 22 mm. Below flutes an irregular honeycomb pattern formed by adjoining hexagons in relief, smaller and deeper at top, larger and shallower towards bottom. Slightly indented base, where honeycomb pattern is again smaller and deeper. No pontil mark.

Remarks: Many parallels of this honeycomb beaker have been found in both the western and eastern part of the Roman Empire. There is no evidence of either a lively trade in or several production places for these beakers. Honeycomb beakers with perforations just below the rim, to enable them to serve as hanging lamps, have also been found.

Provenance: The Cyrus Collection of Edward and Fay Safani, New York, 1980s.

Published: Sotheby’s New York, 6 June 2006, No. 90., Safani Catalogue “Timeless Wonders”.,Bonhams 24 October 2012, No. 256.

References: Van Salderen 1980, The Hans Cohn Collection, No. 55., Matheson 1980, Yale Art Gallery, No. 284.
Fremersdorf 1961, R-G Museum Köln, No. 113., La Baume 1976, Karl Löffler Collection, No. 83., Goethert-Polaschek 1985, Landesmuseum Trier, Plate 21.5.

ROMAN POMEGRANATE SHAPED SPRINKLER FLASK

ROMAN POMEGRANATE SHAPED SPRINKLER FLASK

This is a sprinkler flask where the narrowed opening of the base of the neck enables oil or perfume to be poured out drop by drop. The bowl is decorated with fins and base with toe projections. The piece is intact and is made of light yellow green glass. This type of flask, probably made in Syria, has been found much further to the east as well as in the cities of the Black Sea region.

 H: 11.5 cm

 3rd-4th Century AD

 Newark # 148, Israel Museum #278

47R ROMAN POMEGRANATE SHAPED SPRINKLER FLASK

SQUAT-CIRCULAR BODIED ROMAN ARYBALLOS

SQUAT-CIRCULAR BODIED ARYBALLOS of  Hans van Rossum

SQUAT-CIRCULAR BODIED ROMAN ARYBALLOS

SQUAT-CIRCULAR BODIED ROMAN ARYBALLOS

SQUAT-CIRCULAR BODIED ROMAN ARYBALLOS

Second half of 2nd century – early 3rd century AD | Roman Empire, probably Rhineland area

Size↑6.0 cm | ø 7.1 cm | Weight 98 g

Technique: Free blown, handles applied; base tooled

Description: Manganese glass, squat body with circular shape and flat-sided with horizontal shoulder, slightly indented on one side. Rim colorless to light green glass; folded outward, downward, upward, inward and flattened. Two small handles of green glass in the shape of a dolphin fold over on the top of the shoulder to form graceful lugs attached below rim. Pushed-in base with hollow tubular base-flange and pontil scar.

Condition: Intact, incredible colored iridescence

Remarks: An aryballos with circular shape, straight walls and horizontal shoulder is extremely rare and probably unique. Rims were flattened in the second half of the second and early third centuries. The dolphin handles are characteristics for a production in the Rhineland area. The manganese color was made by adding manganese oxide, which was also added to make uncolored glass. The process was difficult to control with regards to quantities of manganese in combination with atmospherically circumstances. Very often the manganese colored vessels contain streaks or parts (rim) of lighter to almost colorless glass.

Provenance: Artemis Gallery Ancient Art, USA 2012, Private collection Chicago IL, USA