flask
Object NameFlask with Nip't-Diamond Waies
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1680-1690
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 14 cm; Diam (max): 8.9 cm
Accession Number60.2.32
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
A Decade of Glass Collecting
Treasures in Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
- 1960-03-15
probably 1850-1900
1800-1899
800-999
1300-1399
275-325
975-1025
