Sprinkler

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Object Name: 
Sprinkler
Place Made: 
possibly Western Asia
possibly Egypt
Accession Number: 
54.1.73
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21.7 cm, W: 11 cm; Rim Diam: 0.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1100-1299
Credit Line: 
Gift of I. C. Elston, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Sprinkler. Almost colorless glass, but with greenish tinge; one large and several small stones; blown. Sprinkler: horizontal cross section of body is roughly oval, with long sides that are almost straight and rounded short sides. Rim plain, with flat top and narrow opening (D. 0.2 cm); neck cylindrical, widening as it descends, but with shallow constriction at bottom; shoulder slopes and has rounded edge; long sides of body are almost straight and tapering; short sides curve out, down, and in; base plain, with conical kick; pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Elston, I. C. Jr., Source
1954-09-07
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Almost colorless, green tint
Technique: 
blown

Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publications (4)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 75-76, #732; BIB# 113723
Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass Encomposing the History of the Mt. Washington Glass Works and Its Successors, the Pairpoint Companies Volume Two (2011) illustrated, p. 73 fig.14-48; BIB# 88066
Melisende of Jerusalem: the world of a forgotten crusader queen (2011) illustrated, p. 106, plate xiii, fig. 4.12;
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 73, #3; BIB# 68105