bottle
Object NameBrandy bottle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1700-1799
Place MadeCentral Europe
Techniquepatterned in a mold, half-post method, enameled
SizeH (with screw top): 14 cm; W (max.): 6 cm, (min.): 5.3 cm
Accession Number57.3.162
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with minute bubbles and impurities; clouded from the interior; patterned in a mold, half-post method and enameled. Octagonal straight-sided body with sloping shoulder and joined in half-post method, topped by screw top, almost flat base with pontil mark; on the obverse, in multicolored "peasant type" enameling, the full-length figure of a gentleman in a red coat, holding a yellow wine glass in his left hand, on the reverse "VIVAT mein Hertz"; on the narrow sides flower and leaf stalks on the diagonals, blue dots framed at top and bottom by curved curly cue ornaments red strip on shoulder with yellow leaves.Provenance
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
