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sprinkler flask

Object NameRose Water Sprinkler

Made FromGlass

Date1700-1799

Place MadePersia

TechniqueMolded, formed

SizeOverall H: 15.75 cm; Diam: 9.25 cm

Accession Number51.1.82

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionRose Water Sprinkler. Bubbly glass, clear yellow-green; molded for body pattern and finished by manipulation; conical beehive-shaped body with molded bands; one of vertical ribs at top, and one of a large slipper-shaped motif above row of beadlike ends of broad ribs tapering and extending on bottom to a rough pontil mark; slender cylindrical neck with mushroom-knoplike bulge at top below flaring conical rim; longs lender pouring spout wiht broad opening into side of body and end curving outward; collar with twin fins at top and single at bottom, applied on end of spout; heavy thread or ring on neck above base; applied slender handle attached at ring and, in long finned end, on body.
Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Harry Hillyer Brigham