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Perfume sprinkler
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Perfume sprinkler
- Place of origin:
Venice, Italy (made)
- Date:
17th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Mould-blown and tooled glass, with added blue details
- Museum number:
74-1853
- Gallery location:
Glass, room 131, case 11, shelf 2
The glassmakers from Murano, an island off Venice, were renowned for their skills and imaginative designs. This glass perfume sprinkler was partly blown in a mould to give it the appearance of a stringed instrument. The added details in blue glass provide it with bird-like features, while the long spout is shaped like a snake. The flow from the spout could be regulated by placing the thumb over the blue-rimmed hole in the side.
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