Case Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Case Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Case Bottle with Stopper
Place Made: 
attributed to the Netherlands
Continental Europe
Accession Number: 
50.3.84
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.8 cm, W: 5.8 cm, D: 7.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1790
Primary Description: 
Case Bottle with Stopper. Colorless non-lead glass; two gathers of metal, second gather or half-post terminating on shoulder, molded for body form, and gilded. Tall rectangular body, rounded shoulder, short narrow cylindrical neck with narrow irregular topfolded flange; small rough pontil mark on flat base; gold vintage motifs on shoulder -- paired tendrils, leaves and bunches of grapes; gilded flange. Gilded ball stopper.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Macbeth, George D. (1892-1968), Source
1950-10-01
Color: 
colorless
gold
Technique: 
molding
gilding
Material: 
glass
gold