Glass - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2016 - 630 Euro Cent

With the new glass brand, Austrian Post is presenting a very special, exclusive stamp, once again demonstrating a great innovative spirit when it comes to brand design - no stamp stamp made from glass has ever been produced anywhere in the world! The glass brand shows one of the famous so-called "Sandlbilder" - a Pietà in reverse glass painting from the Upper Austrian town of Sandl. In the reverse glass painting, the motif is applied to the back of the glass, the display side can thus be easily cleaned, which was especially in the past used in oven-smoked peasant's rooms of great advantage. Of course, reverse glass painting has a long tradition in Sandl; This is probably due to the fact that there were once many glassworks in the Bohemian Forest landscape near Sandl, where the glass panels could be obtained cheaply and simply. For steward families, the stained glass offered a welcome additional income: In the winter time, all family members were involved in applying the mostly religious motives in single steps - each had its special task, eg. As the application of the contours or the filling of the surfaces. The history of the Pietà motif dates back to the 14th century; it shows Mary weeping for her son Jesus, taken from the cross. The present reverse glass picture, which is the subject of the glass stamp, dates from the last quarter of the 19th century. The painters are unknown; the work was, as was customary, produced by division of labor. The Vienna porcelain manufactory "Augarten" is responsible for the elaborate production of the glass brand. Each glass blank was processed by hand and the entire production was carried out according to ecological principles. The motif was applied by means of lightfast pigments in a special screen printing process by hand on the back of the glass. This was followed by the baking of the color, whereby the motif was firmly fused with the glass and the glass was given its particularly high strength. The high-quality production, the extraordinary material and the traditional motive make this glass stamp to something very special: Folk art and innovative production technology have been combined into an impressive little work of art.