Rummer
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Rummers, Römers or Roemers, were large drinking-glasses studded with prunt
s to ensure a safe grip, popular in the Rhineland
and the Netherlands
from the 15th through the 17th century. They lacked the flared bowl of the Berkemeyer
and had much thinner walls. The hollow base was built up by coiling strands of molten glass around a conical core. Römers were quite distinct from the Berkemeyer
s, but both types evolved from the German “cabbage stalk” glasses which were cylindrical with prunts. Römers are usually green in colour and with Berkemeyers were sometimes engraved with images and inscriptions.
From as early as the third century, skilled glass workers along the Rhine were producing work of great artistic merit. Excavations at Worms
, Treves
, Cologne
and in the Eifel
revealed glass factories that were probably Roman in origin - indeed, Römer is German for Roman. Ancient Rhenish graves have yielded gilt-decorated bowls and beakers which were made using the fondo d'oro ('base of gold') process in which the design is etched into a layer of gold on the glass surface, and then covered by more glass. These techniques persisted to the fifth century, mythical and biblical themes enjoying great popularity. Out of this era grew that hallmark of German glass, the prunt
, a design feature which is still found fifteen centuries later.
Prunt
A prunt is a small blob of glass fused to a piece of glass. Prunts are applied primarily as decoration, but also help provide a firm grip in the absence of a handle.- Types of prunt :raspberry prunt:A prunt impressed to the shape of a raspberry...
s to ensure a safe grip, popular in the Rhineland
Rhineland
Historically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe....
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
from the 15th through the 17th century. They lacked the flared bowl of the Berkemeyer
Berkemeyer
A Berkemeyer is a drinking glass with a wide, flared bowl dating from the 15th century Germany and Holland, and still made today. They have a characteristic green or yellow colour caused by iron impurities in the sand used for glass production...
and had much thinner walls. The hollow base was built up by coiling strands of molten glass around a conical core. Römers were quite distinct from the Berkemeyer
Berkemeyer
A Berkemeyer is a drinking glass with a wide, flared bowl dating from the 15th century Germany and Holland, and still made today. They have a characteristic green or yellow colour caused by iron impurities in the sand used for glass production...
s, but both types evolved from the German “cabbage stalk” glasses which were cylindrical with prunts. Römers are usually green in colour and with Berkemeyers were sometimes engraved with images and inscriptions.
From as early as the third century, skilled glass workers along the Rhine were producing work of great artistic merit. Excavations at Worms
Worms, Germany
Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...
, Treves
Trèves
-France:Trèves is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Trèves, in the Rhône department* Trèves, in the Gard department* Trèves, former commune of the Maine-et-Loire department, now part of Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault...
, Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
and in the Eifel
Eifel
The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....
revealed glass factories that were probably Roman in origin - indeed, Römer is German for Roman. Ancient Rhenish graves have yielded gilt-decorated bowls and beakers which were made using the fondo d'oro ('base of gold') process in which the design is etched into a layer of gold on the glass surface, and then covered by more glass. These techniques persisted to the fifth century, mythical and biblical themes enjoying great popularity. Out of this era grew that hallmark of German glass, the prunt
Prunt
A prunt is a small blob of glass fused to a piece of glass. Prunts are applied primarily as decoration, but also help provide a firm grip in the absence of a handle.- Types of prunt :raspberry prunt:A prunt impressed to the shape of a raspberry...
, a design feature which is still found fifteen centuries later.