sprinkler flask

Object NameSprinkler

Made FromAgate glass

Datepossibly 1800-1899

Place Madepossibly Italy

Techniquefree-blown, tooled, applied parts

SizeH: 18.1 cm, D (max. body): 7.6 cm

Accession Number53.3.44

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent dark amber-violet agate or "Schmelz" glass with green, blue and yellow streaks and many small and large bubbles; free-blown and tooled, with applied parts. High ring base tapering upwards with folded rim, oval body which tapers gently to the narrow neck with a bulbous upper part and a small uneven ring-like rim; rough pontil mark; a ring of opal glass at neck.
Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Applethwaite-Abbot

Source Cecil Davis