bottle

Object NameBrandy bottle

Made FromGlass

Date1701-1800

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)

Early Modern

Place Made

Central Europe

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.
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