bottle
Object NameWine or Liquor Bottle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1700-1799
Place MadeNetherlands
TechniqueBlown in mold, painted
SizeOverall H: 21.3 cm, Diam (max): 13.4 cm
Accession Number52.3.21
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWine or Liquor Bottle. Transparent olive green glass (bottle glass) with many bubbles; blown in a mold and painted. Inverted-piriform (pear shaped) body, with very high domed base with bulge at center, and tapering to slender almost cylindrical neck with collared lip; painted panel of the half figure portrait of a gentleman in dark armour, with a brown scarf, with long hair and mustache, in a golden "rococo" frame, on reverse side coat of arms probably of this gentleman, framed by golden and brown ring-like ornaments: escutcheon shows two pairs of symbols, one having three golden half-moons on brownish-red, other having green, grey black and golden bars.Provenance
Source
M. Glueckselig & Son
- 1952-07-24
