bottle
Object NameBrandy bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1701-1800
Place MadeCentral Europe
Techniquepattern-molded, enameled
SizeH (with cover): 14.5 cm; D (max. body): 6 cm, (min.): 4.5 cm
Accession Number57.3.158
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with minute bubbles; pattern-molded and enameled. Rectangular straight-sided body with ribs in the diagonals, and concave base with rough pontil mark, sloping shoulder, joined by half-post method, rounding to metal screw top; on the obverse a gentleman in a yellow coat, on the reverse: "Ohne ein weib zu sein ist mir keine pein." (To be without girl does not cause me any paint); on the narrow sides two multicolored flower and leaf stalks, on the ribs yellow and red dashes, on the shoulder a red and yellow stylized wreath.Provenance
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
299-1 BCE
25 BCE-99 CE
about 300-50 BCE
1400-1085 BCE
99-75 BCE (possibly earlier)
