bottle
Object NameBottle
Made FromGlass, Gilding
Date1100-1299
TechniqueBlown, applied, dragged, marvered, gilded
SizeRestored H: 7.8 cm; Restored Rim Diam: 1.1 cm; Restored Shoulder Diam: 3.8 cm
Accession Number76.1.376
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBottle. Translucent very deep blue, opaque white, and gold. Blown; applied, dragged, and marvered; gilded. Bottle: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck short and cylindrical; shoulder slopes, with rounded edge; upper wall straight, with slight taper (central section is missing); lower wall tapers slightly and curves in at bottom; base plain, with circular (possibly annular) pontil mark (D. 1.2 cm), which appears to be fire-polished. Decorated with single trail wound spirally from underside of base to upper shoulder, and dragged upward to create eight vertical rows of festoons extending from near top of wall to edge of base; uppermost part of trail is wound 3½ times around top of wall and shoulder, and has only intermittent signs of dragging. Entire neck and all spaces between festoons are filled with simple gilded arabesques.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
