Römer
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureDutch | German
Dateca. 1630-1660
MediumBlown and applied glass
DimensionsHeight: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
MarkingsNone
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Shannon
Object number92.39
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 7
Label TextProbably Dutch or German Roemer, ca. 1630-1660 Blown Glass Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Shannon, 92.39 Roemers derived from the medieval northern European waldglas or forest glass tradition, where impurities in the sand frequently imparted the glass with a green tint. By the 17th century a color preference had formed so that roemers were intentionally made with a green cast, which was thought to look well with the beverage that was exclusively served in them - white wine. The ornamental raspberry prunts on the stem, which were formed in baked clay molds and hot applied to the glass, served the practical function of helping the drinker to better grasp the glass. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 06/2001Exhibition History"Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25,1996 - February 16, 1997 Published ReferencesGAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS, No. 1502 (March 1994), 87. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 124, fig. 150. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_, (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 52-3.
late 19th-early 20th c.
late 19th-early 20th c.
late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th-early 20th c.
late 19th - early 20th c
late 19th – early 20th c.
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