flask
Object NameFlask
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1700-1750
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 13.4 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm
Accession Number55.2.13
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Bottles of the World (Sekai no hei)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear heavy lead glass; wear marks at base; blown, with applied and tooled decoration. Flattened pear-shaped body with conical solid base having an applied pinched foot, rough pontil mark at center, short neck slightly tapering downwards; at bottom "nip't diamond waies," around middle, of body an applied guilloche (chain) above and below groups of five and three, applied raspberry prunts, applied pincered "comb" on narrow sides.Provenance
Source
Cecil Davis
- 1955-10-25
