Club-shaped drinking glass, 15th century

Light yellow-green glass, optical blown

(H x Ø)32,5 × 13,3 cm

Place foundMainz

Status

on display, room G 04

About the workThis beer glass is believed to have been found in a cesspit in Mainz in 1979. However, it is atypical for this region and probably came from further east, in Thuringia, for example: fragments of similar glasses were unearthed during excavations at former production sites near Wingerode. The club shape appears to be a direct ancestor of today’s southern German wheat beer glasses, but there was a great variety of drinking glass shapes at the time.

AccessionKarl Amendt collection, permanent loan since 1988

Provenance[...]; Karl Amendt collection, permanent loan since 1988

Inventory numberLP 2010-138

Middle Ages

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Club-shaped drinking glass, 15th century

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