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Object NameSchnapshund (Liquor Dog)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1800-1899

Techniqueblown, threaded, combed, applied bits

SizeOverall H: 9.5 cm, L: 17.8 cm

Accession Number62.3.56

Credit LineGift of Minnie L. Schuelein

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Place Made

possibly Germany; possibly Bohemia

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent dark blue, opalescent white non-lead glasses; blown, threaded, combed, applied bits. Bottle in the form of a dog, standing on four feet, his tail forming the neck of the bottle; the double-bulb body of colorless glass, with blue and white trailed threads, combed into a wave pattern; the neck of the body (tail of the animal) cylindrical, with trailed and pincered blue rim; trailed and pincered colorless bands at the tail and around the middle of the body; applied bulbous head, with blue ears, blue and white eyes, and a blue and white object in its mouth; tooled blue pad on its chest, with rough pontil mark; four tooled blue feet and legs.
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