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bottle

Object NameBottle

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1710-1720

Place Madeprobably Electorate of Saxony

TechniqueMold-blown, cut, copper-wheel engraved

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, W: 6.1 cm

Accession Number83.3.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The white glass imitates costly porcelain. Like the adjacent ceramic tankard, it was decorated by craftsmen skilled in cutting gemstones.

Physical DescriptionOpaque white. Mold-blown, cut, copper-wheel engraved. Flask: rectangular body with canted corners; short cylindrical neck with fire-polished rim; flat base cut, with polished pontil mark. Flat faces cut with engraved baldachins: one shows comedian with drinking glass in one hand and bottle in other hand; on reverse, dancing comedian playing tambourine, flanked by two satyrs, above scrolled socles; on ends and
corners, scrolled panels and flowers (Laub- und Bandelwerk); engraved border of stylized flowers around tops of panels.
Provenance

Source Sotheby-Parke-Bernet - 1983-03-18

Former Collection Helfried Krug