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Covered Beaker (Humpen)

1693

Germany

enameled glass
Overall: 36.9 x 10.4 cm (14 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1948.234
Location: Not on view

Description

This humpen was made for the court cellar (Hofkellerei), Dresden, which belonged to the House of Saxony, showing the arms of Johann IV zu Sachsen.
  • Baron Nathaniel Rothschild and Baron Augustus Rothschild, Vienna; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
  • Foote, Helen. "German Enameled Glass." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 1 (January 1949): 7-8, 13. Mentioned: p. 8; Reproduced: p. 9 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Covered Beaker (Humpen)|url=false|author=|year=1693|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.234