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sprinkler flask

Object NameRose Water Sprinkler

Made FromGlass

Date1700-1799

Place MadePersia

TechniqueMolded, formed

SizeOverall H: 17.75 cm; Diam: 8.6 cm

Accession Number51.1.85

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionRose Water Sprinkler. Bubbly glass, light grey-blue; molded for body pattern and finished by manipulation; short straight-sided body, with molded band composed of a large slipper-shaped motif above row of beadlike ends of broad ribs tapering and extending on base to small plain center with rough pontil mark; long slender cylindrical neck with small mushroom-knoplike bulge below flaring conical rim; slender spout with broad opening into shoulder and side of body and outward curving end with applied collar having twin fins at top and single at bottom; heavy thread or ring around neck above base; angled and finned handle.
Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Harry Hillyer Brigham