Zwischengoldglas

For intermediate gold glasses are located between two layers of glass picture or decorative motifs made ​​of gold foil. Both in the group of Roman glass as well as the copies of the Baroque period it relates primarily to drinking vessels.

Roman Architecture

Many intermediate gold glasses were found in the catacombs in Rome. The vessels were pushed there by the floor in the soft mortar of the sides of the tombs. The wall of the glass has been at least mostly destroyed during removal, often only the soils are obtained with the subject. Some pieces were also negotiated or imitated in the provinces, as some specimens found in the Rhineland and Cologne.

Manufacturing technique

On the glass of the vessel body first a gold foil was applied to the subject. Details can also be recessed in color with stained glass (see Pearl necklace on the Familienportät ). Then another layer of glass, and occasionally a Nuppe was launched, which prevented the abrasion.

In some cases, the gold film was not captured with a protective glass layer. The motifs on such a gold glass are, however, easily rubbed off.

Topics

The motifs include private portraits such as those of family and Christian imagery (eg, depictions of Christ, Apostles or other saints ), also Jewish motifs and pagan views are represented. Hunting scenes, circus scenes or craft representations also occur. These occasional inscriptions.

Use

The vessels were originally everyday objects that could be used in the meal. Because of inscriptions with congratulatory character has been considered that interim gold vessels have been popular gifts. For pieces with illustrations of couples can be interpreted as wedding gifts.

Between Gold Lens of the Baroque period

This ancient technique was taken up in the first half of the 18th century by Bohemian glassmakers. Between your gold glasses consist of two precisely slipped over one another and at the lip edge cemented walls of cups (cups, Pokalkuppa ), between which a gold etching is. Between Gold Lens are represented in all important glass collections.