bottle

Object NameBottle and Stopper

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1860

Techniqueblown, cut, encased, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 13.1 cm; a) H: 11.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.200

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide. (a) Tall, rectangular shape; rim flat, with cut polygonal rim; the neck cylindrical and ground for a stopper; shoulders rounded and facet cut; flat obverse face with cut prismatic arcs around a circular convex panel enclosing a molded sulphide head of a man, facing dexter, signed "LOSCH" at the base of the neck; reverse flat; flat sides with cut intersecting grooves, four strawberry diamonds in the center, grooved panels at either side, a crosshatched triangular panel at top, and a long, swelling, crosshatched panel below; reverse face polished flat; base polished flat, with a polished oval pontil mark at the center. (b) Stopper, with flat, circular top, with cut radial grooves on top; short, tapered stem and polished, tapered shank with flat polished base.
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