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sprinkler flask

Object NameRosewater Sprinkler

Maker Miotti Glasshouse

Made FromOrmolu

Dateabout 1730

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueFire-polished, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 27.5 cm; Body W: 11.1 cm, D: 15.3 cm

Accession Number51.3.315

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass

Steuben Glass Animals

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Rosewater sprinklers originated in Persia (Iran). Refreshing and cooling rosewater was traditionally sprinkled on guests as a sign of hospitality.

Physical DescriptionRosewater Sprinkler. Bulbous body with long cylindrical neck with sheared, fire-polished rim; spreading slightly above collar, applied about 4.25 cm below rim, drawn [applied?] flat circular foot with pontil mark. Bright polychrome decoration on neck and below collar; two blue lines above collar. Borders above and below alternating quatrefoil motif and dotted diamond. On one side of body, in green, red, blue, yellow, and orange, festoon above loose bouquet of naturalistic flowers, with parrot perched in center; on other side, similar festoon and bouquet, with bird resembling finch in center; on ends, cluster of leaves and fruit above elaborate foliated blue scroll. Ormolu sprinkler cap.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-01-01

Former Collection Countess of Bessborough

Former Collection Cecil Davis

Former Collection Lady Charlotte Schreiber