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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Flask

1575 - 1625 (made)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Flask, blown glass with gilt metal mount, probably Italy, 1575-1625


Object details

Object type
Flask
Materials and techniques
green glass, gilt-metal mount
Brief description
Flask, blown glass with gilt metal mount, probably Italy, 1575-1625
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.0cm
conversion size only
Style
EUROPE
Production
see R J Charleston, Enamels and Glass ... Waddesdon Manor (1977) pp 21-25 see also inv. 19-1867 (V&A) Maggi 1604 shows similar bottle without handles!
Bibliographic references
  • Ingeborg Krueger, 'Post-Medieval Colored Lead Glass Vessels', in:Journal of Glass Studies, XLVIII (2006), pp. 225-241, fig. 11: our bottle discussed and illustrated.
  • RF2003/863: Two 17th century mounted glass objects for chemical analysis by Bonn: Rheinishes Landesmuseum. This piece was analysed by Professor Wedepohl in 2003 and found to contain 70,31 % Lead-oxide and 25,97 % SiO2
Other number
8431 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
7445-1861

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1825/flask/
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