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bottle
bottle

bottle

Object NameBrandy bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1701-1800
Techniquepatterned in a mold, half-post method, enameled
SizeH (with screw top): 14 cm, W (max.): 5.1 cm
Accession Number57.3.161
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Central Europe
Physical DescriptionClear glass with minute bubbles; wear marks at base; patterned in a mold, half-post method, enameled. Octagonal straight- sided body with sloping shoulder and joined in half-post method, topped by a metal screw top (upper part missing), concave base with rough pontil mark; on the obverse in multicolored "peasant type" enameling, a woman in blue jacket and red skirt, holding a yellow goblet, on the obverse the inscription "VIVAT mein Hertz"; on the narrow sides two flower and leaf stalks, on the diagonal sides pairs of red dashes framed above and below by white curly cue ornaments, on the shoulder a red band with yellow leaves.
Provenance
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inlay
about 300-50 BCE
bead
1600-1699
hanging lamp
probably 1850-1900
Opus Sectile
perhaps 1-99
bottle
200-399