Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

Reichsadlerhumpen

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureBohemian

Date1644

MediumEnameled and gilt blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Base: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

InscribedAbove eagle reads: "Das heilige Romische Reich mit stampt seinen gliedern" (The Holy Roman Empire with all its parts). Reverse has "1644" enameled on it.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6846

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DescriptionReichsadlerhumpen. Cylindrical with a slight incurving at the rim. Clear glass with a grayish tint with many bubbles and impurities. Applied foot ring and "kick". Enameled with white, blue, yellow, rust, black, gray, green and gilt below the rim band of white lily of the valley. Then gilded with a band with beaded blue and white zigzags and two beaded lines. With the double headed eagle of Holy Roman Empire and center of it a crucifix. Spread wings covered with fifty-six shields. Top row includes seven electors and the Apostalic Sea and the rest of shields of towns and states. Reverse with three blue, white and gilded stylized blossoms and "1644".

Published ReferencesAxel von Saldern, _German Enameled Glass_, similar to #14, 265, except for crucifix. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 126, fig. 152. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1