bottle
Object NameBrandy bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1701-1800
Place MadeCentral Europe
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)
Not On View
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
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
about 300-50 BCE
1600-1699
probably 1850-1900
200-399
1850-1910
