bottle
Object NameBrandy bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1701-1800
Place MadeCentral Europe
Techniquepattern-molded, half-post method, enameled
SizeH (with screw top): 14.7 cm; W (max.): 6.7 cm, (min.): 5.3 cm
Accession Number57.3.166
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with many minute bubbles and impurities, cloudy effect on the interior; pattern-molded, half-post method and enameled. Rectangular straight-sided body with ribs in diagonals, sloping shoulder and joined in half-post method, screw top, almost flat base with rough pontil mark; on the obverse in multicolored "peasant type" enameling, a woman in a blue blouse and red and white skirt lifting her left arm; on the reverse: "brantte wein ist dasz leben mein." (Brandy is my life.); multicolored flowers and leaf stalks on the narrow sides and yellow and red dashes on the diagonals; a red stripe with yellow leaves on the shoulder.Provenance
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
about 300-50 BCE
1600-1699
probably 1850-1900
200-399
1850-1910
