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bottle

Object NameBeaded Bottle with Stopper

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1840-1860

Place Madeprobably Russia

TechniqueBlown, knitted

SizeOverall H: 19.3 cm, W: 11.7 cm

Accession Number82.3.76

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionBeaded Bottle with Stopper. Colorless (greenish) non-lead glass; blown; polychrome beadwork covering, knitted.. (a) Flattened, ovoid shape with short, straight neck with folded or molded rim; rounded body; slight kick on underside of base, with no apparent pontil mark; woven fabric covering with minute polychrome beads woven into the surface in an elaborate pattern of multi-colored birds, flowers and foliage against an opalescent white background: on one side, a parrot standing on a branch of foliage and flowers at the left, a peacock at the right; with band of stylized flowers and foliage below, panels of stylized foliage above; on the reverse, a wreath of stylized flowers and foliage, with a geometric ornament of four multi-colored, linked diamonds at the center and two panels of stylized foliage above; band of diamonds and triangles below the rim; attached multi-colored beaded rope with beaded fringes attached at either side; multi-colored beaded looped fringe at the bottom; the underside of the bottom covered with randomly-colored beads. (b) Pointed, domed finial, cylindrical shank; probably wood; top covered with beads in geometric pattern of diamonds and triangles; red, white and blue beaded looped fringe at the edge; net covering an underside of finial and shank.
Provenance

Source Rudolf von Strasser - 1982-12-27