flask

Object NameFlask with Nip't-Diamond Waies

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1680-1690

Techniqueblown, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 14 cm; Diam (max): 8.9 cm

Accession Number60.2.32

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Treasures in Glass

A Decade of Glass Collecting

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionClear heavy glass with a few bubbles; blown, with applied and tooled decoration. Flattened circular body with sloping shoulder curving to tapering neck which increases slightly in diameter at rim, applied pad base with rough pontil mark; thread collar applied to upper neck; lower body has nip't-diamond waies, upper body has a double guilloche band which has been pinched, on the upper body on each side a group of four applied raspberry prunts grouped in a pyramid fashion, applied and pinched rigaree bands applied to the two narrow sides of the body.
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