154 - Kalathos-Shaped Cup with Full Arms of the Corps Pomerania Greifswald on Ermine Mantle, circa 1860

Kalathos-Shaped Cup with Full Arms of the Corps Pomerania Greifswald on Ermine Mantle, circa 1860 Porcelain, white, polychrome painted, gilt, glazed, cup in kalathos form, cylindrical body, strongly flared lip, on the body in very fine miniature painting the full coat of arms of the Corps Pomerania Greifswald, quartered shield with red griffin, crossed bell-guard Glockenschläger in a green wreath with the letters “g n v” and “v. f. i. f. i.”, circle (Zirkel) with the date “12. 6. 1829” and blue-white diagonal stripes, in the bordure of the arms the mottoes and weapon mottoes “Blau wie der Aether ist unser Panier, fest wie die Eiche im Sturme stehen wir!”, “Ubi patria, ibi bene!” and “Unsern Bund trennt nur der Tod!”, in the fess “Pomerania s. Panier!”, the arms placed on an ermine mantle beneath blue drapery with crossed Glockenschläger, barred helm with leaf crown, three plumes in the colours of Pomerania, curved handle with relief decoration, foot, lip and back of the handle gilt, without saucer, very fine state of preservation, hairline crack inside below the gilt rim, gilding rubbed, gilt rim inside more heavily rubbed, H. 9.4 cm The Corps Pomerania was founded on 5 November 1810 and is the oldest corporation of the University of Greifswald. After a ban by the academic authorities in 1816 it resumed activity in 1819, followed by its reconstitution on 12 June 1829. The Corpsbursch ribbon bears the colours ether blue-silver-ether blue, the student cap is ether blue. The letters “g n v” in the arms stand for the weapon motto “gladius noster vindex”, the sequence of letters below for “vivat fratres intimo foedere iuncti”. Pomerania belongs to the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) and three times provided its presiding Vorort corps. In 1935, like all Corps, the Corps had to suspend; since 2005 it has been active again in Greifswald.