Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. > Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Austria
Mystery Glass Figure=Turnvater Jahn by Riedel
Leni:
His jacket, with the buttonholes in the lapel, has a look of the American Civil War period to me. I thought at first he might be Robert E Lee, but I don't think Lee's beard was ever that long! ::)
Ooops! I mean the first fella, of course, no the one with the lady. Sorry!
Max:
I've been through countless historical figures, but the trouble is one bearded man looks much like another. I assume there's no markings to the underside of the glass figure? I did think that an evangelical figure would have had a bible depicted somewhere? Perhaps the V&A Museum might accept a photograph of your gentleman and give some advice? Just a thought. :-\
Maybe someone will be able to ID him for you here, I think he's great and I wouldn't sell him either. :)
Postscript: Leni, strangely I was wondering about James Garfield earlier, he was born in a log cabin...wondering about the tree stump...
Anne:
I wonder if the cross on his coat breast may be the clue here... there are various awards and orders worn there, e.g. in the UK the Orders of the Garter and the Bath - but it's neither of those. Does anyone know of an honour which is a cross in that shape?
Max:
Great minds think alike Anne ;) I trawled through loads of 'medal cross' on Google, and unfortunately there's quite a few in that shape. I then tried finding out which ones possible historical figures had, it's a mammoth task! (almost said 'tusk' then..lol)
Sue C:
How about Henry Dunant? founder of the red cross in 1859?
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