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Object NameGilded Flask with Stopper
Made FromGlass, Brass, Gilding, Enamels
Date1725-1750
Place MadeEurope (bottle); India, Gujarat (decoration)
TechniqueMold-blown, gilded, enameled
SizeOverall H: 15.1 cm, W: 6.6 cm, D: 6 cm
Accession Number2002.1.1 B
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery
Interpretive Notes
Cinnamon 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.
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; mold-blown, gilded, enameled; gilded brass stopper. Rectangular shape flask with floral and figural decoration (one woman seated while another brushes her hair on one side, one woman holding another's arm on the other).
Provenance
Source Poulain-Le Fur