ca. 1500
Town Middle Rhineland,
Germany
Germany
Object qualities
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Objectmansion / palace decoration: Roundel
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumPot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain
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SizeDiam. 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
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Geography detailsMade in
Town Middle Rhineland,
Germany -
Country today
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Dateca. 1500
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CultureGerman
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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This roundel probably represents the members of a confraternity or honorary society. In the nineteenth century, this glass roundel was in a castle on the Moselle River, the home of Baron von Liebig, a collector of stained glass.