Pasglas
CultureGerman
Dateca. 1730
MediumGlass and enamel
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 inches (23.18 × 9.84 × 9.84 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion Thompson Fund
Object number2024.22.2
InscribedAround rim: "Ich steche Dich" [I will stab you]
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionPasglas with painted with enamel, including four rings with playing card of a Jack. Enameled text: "Ich steche Dich" (I will stab you).Exhibition HistoryThe European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), Maastricht, Netherlands, March 9–14, 2024
This glass functions as a drinking
game. Each player must drink down
exactly to the level of one of the
horizontal rings or continue to the
next mark. The inscription translates as
“I Will Stab You,” a prediction about
potential hangovers for the loser
Purchased at Objets de curiosité, tableaux anciens, meubles et objets d’art, Magnin Wedry, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, December 15, 2023, lot 74, by Frides Laméris Kunst & Antiek, Amsterdam, December 15, 2023-March 2024 [1];
Purchased from Frides Laméris by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
NOTES:
[1] Exhibited by Frides Laméris at The European Fine Arts
Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands, March 9-14, 2024.
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