Bottle with Altar Setting

Object Name: 
Bottle with Altar Setting

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Object Name: 
Bottle with Altar Setting
Accession Number: 
2010.3.149
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.6 cm, W: 13.1 cm, D: 8.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Primary Description: 
Colorless bottle of square shape, blown; interior filled with an altar setting, described on the reverse of the backing paper: "Dieses Kunststük ist die Vorstellung des Altares zum Fieberbrunn nach Vorlagen ... nachgeschnitzt und von Oben in diese Flasche eingesetzt gemacht aus Holtz samt und Seiden verfertigt von Theodor Ed: Pflanzer beendet 18ten Jänner 1885. Beschreibung. Dieser Ort stamt von einem Eisiedler her vom Jahre 1203 und jetzt ist der Ort ein großer Gnadenort in Steiermark".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Kunst-und Auktionhaus Dr. Jurgen Fischer, Source
2010-06-15
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown
assembling
Material: 
glass
wood
silk
paper
Inscription: 
Theodor Ed: Pflanzer 1885
signature

Publications (1)

Pressglas-Korrespondenz 2010-2 (2010-02) illustrated BIB# 60865