bottle
Object NameArmorial Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1649
Place Madeprobably Saxony
Techniquefree-blown, enameled, latticinio decoration
SizeH: 23.4 cm; D (shoulder): 19.5 cm, (base): 19.5 cm
Accession Number54.3.122
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionVery bubbly colorless glass with green tint, large and small blobs of unfused sand; weathering on inside, wear marks on outside; free-blown and enameled, with latticinio decoration. Slightly uneven rectangular body with concave, slightly pushed- up base and very rough pontil mark, uneven sloping and horizontal shoulder with short and wide partly sunken flaring neck with pewter mouth; vertical white lattinio bands on body with plain and alternating multiple ones; on one side a coat-of- arms, bearing an angel in white, red and yellow holding three flowers and a paper roll, brown-red shield, brown-red and white crest the center of which shows a blue morion surmounted by a brown-red lyra with three flowers in white and green; above the shield the initials: "I-A-B-C-S-H-K", below the date: "Anno 1649", both in yellow; the reverse of each of the narrow sides bear a multicolored loosely painted flower with three blossoms; on the sounder a gold band accompanied by two rows of blue dots.Provenance
Source
Cecil Davis
