Roemer

CultureGerman or Netherlandish

Dateca. 1650

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 10 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (25.4 × 13.97 × 13.97 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion Thompson Fund

Object number2024.22.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionLarge green roemer with a generous round bowl on an open cylindrical shaft. The foot is made of a glass thread. A glass thread on the transition from bowl to shaft. Four rows of four knops, with a grid pattern, applied to the shaft.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), Maastricht, Netherlands, March 9–14, 2024

Gallery Label

This distinctive form, known as a roemer, is named for the verb roemen, which means “to celebrate” in some German dialects. Notably, this roemer is about twice as big as average, suggesting it was made to hold generous quantities of alcohol for festive parties

Provenance

Private collection, Netherlands, by 2023;

Purchased from the Dutch private collection by an unknown art dealer, Amsterdam, 2023-2024 [1];

Purchased from the unknown art dealer by Frides Laméris Kunst & Antiek, Amsterdam, by March 2024 [2];

Purchased from Frides Laméris by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

NOTES:

[1] According to Anna Laméris, in an email to William Keyse Rudolph, May 23, 2024, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, Frides Laméris purchased this glass from a Dutch collector, who inherited it from his Dutch grandmother.

[2] According to object documentation provided by Frides Laméris. Exhibited by them at The European Fine Arts Fair, Masstricht, Netherlands, March 9-14, 2024.

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