Glassmaker's mark
The glassmaker's mark (rarely a glassmaker's cross ) is the symbol of the glassmaker . The sign is said to have an alchemical root (no source - a representation before the 18th century is also not known ...) The modern sign has deep meanings.
After the Second World War, the magazine Glastechnischeberichte was reprinted in its 22nd year in 1948 and showed the symbol on the cover page. However, the symbolism of the sign only gradually became known again. The lying eight (→ infinity ) symbolizes the material glass on the left as a liquid glass melt and on the right in a non-crystalline solid state. In the transition area of the two states, a metal sword, which stands for the glassmaker's pipe , shows powerfully, as evidence of man's dominance over nature .
The German Glastechnische Gesellschaft eV (DGG) and the Czech Glass Society use the glassmaker's mark as a symbol of their associations.
The guild symbol of the glaziers consists of four crossed tools: the glazier's diamond, cutting iron, hammer and cracking iron.
literature
- Friedrich Holl: Symbol for glass , In: Friedrich Holl (Hrsg.): The poetry of glass. Des Glases Lob - Der Arbeit Lied - Des Glases Geist , 3rd ed., Zwiesel, 1983; 1st edition 1966 also: Werks-Kurznachrichten der Grazer Glasfabrik (subtitle: “Der Motzer”), No. 60, Graz 1963, pp. 1–56
- Julius Broul: Das Symbol für Glas , In: Glass Science and Technology , Verlag der Deutschen glastechnischen Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, vol. 72, issue 4, pp. N39-N40, ISSN 0946-7475
- Marita Haller: "The infinite cross of the glassmaker" supports the glass activities of the region , Pressglas Korrespondenz, 2010/3, p. 316
Remarks
- ↑ Winfrid Glocker: Glastechnik , Deutsches Museum, 1992, ISBN 3924183171 , p. 13
- ↑ F. Holl cited. according to Julius Broul on http://www.code-knacker.de/glaszeichen.htm
- ↑ http://www.hvg-dgg.de
- ↑ http://www.czech-glass-society.cz/