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Cologne Bottle

Cologne Bottle

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Object Name: 
Cologne Bottle
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
France, Bar-sur-Seine
Date: 
1913
Color
AAT
colorless
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19.7 cm; Diam (base): 8.5 cm
Accession Number: 
69.3.83
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mlle. Florence Marinot
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, enameled. Bulbous cylindrical shape; rounded upper lip; short cylindrical neck abruptly swells to rounded shoulder; bulbous cylindrical body gently tapers to pushed-up base; yellow and white enameled scallops encircle top of lip; dark burgundy and yellow enameled bands encircle neck; three symmetrically arranged rectangular dark burgundy panels with stylized pink and red enameled cherub figures carrying various flowers near shoulder; yellow and white enameled scallops border upper and lower areas of panels; draped line of red enameled dots extends below each panel; marked in script between two panels in yellow enamel: "Marinot".
Provenance
Marinot, Florence, Source to 1969
French Art Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1975-04-01 through 1975-05-18

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