flask
Object Name4 Flasks with Funnel in Wooden Box
Made FromGlass, Brass, Gilding, Enamels, Wood
Date1725-1750
Place MadeEurope (bottles); India, Gujarat (decoration)
TechniqueMold-blown, enameled, gilded
Size(A-D) Flask H (max): 15.1 cm
Accession Number2002.1.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive NotesCinnamon from Sri Lanka, along with cloves, nutmeg, and mace from the Maluku and Banda islands of Indonesia. In the 1600s and 1700s, Dutch merchants bottled up expensive oils infused with these aromatic spices in richly decorated flasks, and gifted them to local rulers and trade partners along the Indian Ocean.
Provenance
Source
Poulain-Le Fur
about 1770
1725-1775
Jane Beebe
about 1870
