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Flask (Pocket bottle)
1600-1700
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Andalucia; Spain; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1969.0845
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0845
Object Name
Flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Andalucia; Spain; Europe
Date
1600-1700
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Pincered
Dimensions (inches)
6.299 (H) x 2.224 (W) x 3.72 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16 (H) x 5.65 (W) x 9.45 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mikhailova, Olga E. 1974 Spanish Glass in the Hermitage/Spanisches Glas aus der Ermitage.
• Similar flask without handles: col. pl. 53 & no. 71 (caption), Granada or Almeria province, Spain, 18th century. Passim for many pieces with similar ornamentBook: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Spanish flask decorated in same taste but differing in details: p. 237, pl. 187, similar coloring and approach to pincered broad threads. c. 1750, noting similar type also made in Norway 1790-1830..Book: Charleston, Robert J. 1990 Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from the Corning Museum.
• Earlier Spanish vase with similar design features: pp. 132-33, no. 58, Spanish, probably Andalusia, 16th or 17th century.Book: Page, Jutta-Annette. 2004 Beyond Venice: Glass in the Venetian Style, 1500-1750.
• Four-handled vase in generally similar style: p. 110, fig. 28, Spain, Andalusia, probably Almeria, c. 1550-1650. See another on p. 141, no. 16.