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Joke Glass in the Getty Center, June 2016
Title: Joke Glass (Scherzgefäss)
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: German or Netherlandish
Place: or Netherlands Germany (Place created)
Date: 17th century
Medium: Free-blown pale green glass with applied decoration; silver and silver-gilt mounts
Dimensions: 34.3 × 10.8 × 10.8 cm (13 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Alternate Titles: Joke Glass (Display Title)
Object Type: Drinking vessel
Object Number: 84.DK.520
This rare glass was designed to be as difficult as possible to drink from without spilling the alcoholic beverage within. The tube attached to the head and terminating in the man's open nose could serve as a straw. The goal was to amuse the onlookers at the expense of the imbiber: in drinking competitions, the drinker had to guess how to drink from the vessel; if any liquor was spilled, he was required to start again with a full glass.
Called a "joke glass," this is the world's only intact example resembling a man. These glasses more commonly took the form of a stag, another animal, a horn, a penis, or a boot. This man's elaborate decoration in glass and silver is also unusual. Delicate pincered glass thread forms the hat brim, collar, vest, and ribbon trim on the breeches. The plumed hat band, belt, buckle and sword were added in silver.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/995/unknown-maker-joke-glass-scherzgefass-german-or-netherlandish-17th-century
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: German or Netherlandish
Place: or Netherlands Germany (Place created)
Date: 17th century
Medium: Free-blown pale green glass with applied decoration; silver and silver-gilt mounts
Dimensions: 34.3 × 10.8 × 10.8 cm (13 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Alternate Titles: Joke Glass (Display Title)
Object Type: Drinking vessel
Object Number: 84.DK.520
This rare glass was designed to be as difficult as possible to drink from without spilling the alcoholic beverage within. The tube attached to the head and terminating in the man's open nose could serve as a straw. The goal was to amuse the onlookers at the expense of the imbiber: in drinking competitions, the drinker had to guess how to drink from the vessel; if any liquor was spilled, he was required to start again with a full glass.
Called a "joke glass," this is the world's only intact example resembling a man. These glasses more commonly took the form of a stag, another animal, a horn, a penis, or a boot. This man's elaborate decoration in glass and silver is also unusual. Delicate pincered glass thread forms the hat brim, collar, vest, and ribbon trim on the breeches. The plumed hat band, belt, buckle and sword were added in silver.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/995/unknown-maker-joke-glass-scherzgefass-german-or-netherlandish-17th-century
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