Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Switzerland
Accession Number: 
59.3.8
Dimensions: 
H: 8 1/4"
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1740-1760
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ernest E. Koffler-Truniger
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, enameled. Slightly waisted, cylindrical form, with rounded base and rounded shoulders, tapered neck, slightly flared rim; trailed neck ring; polychrome enameled decoration; white wavy line on the neck; scrolled band on the shoulder; wide band on the side, with a yellow wheel and another tool on one side, flanked by stylized flowering plants; wavy bands and lines above and below; deep, rounded kick with rough pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Koffler-Truniger, Ernest, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Enameled

Publications (1)

German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, p. 421, #144; p. 151; #130; BIB# 18098