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Bottle

Bottle

  • Place of origin:

    Netherlands (north, made)
    Warmond, Netherlands (engraved)

  • Date:

    1699 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Boers, Bastiaan (engraver (inciser))

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Blue glass, diamond-point engraved

  • Museum number:

    C.133-1965

  • Gallery location:

    Glass, room 131, case 16, shelf 3

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Bastiaan Boers, who engraved the calligraphic inscription on this bottle, was a schoolmaster at Warmond, near Leiden in the United Provinces (now The Netherlands), specialising in French. He excelled at ornamental writing on paper, which was a popular recreation at the time. Inspired by the famous amateur Leiden glass-engraver Willem van Heemskerk, Boers adapted this skill to decorate fine glassware.
He signed and dated this bottle ‘B. Boers 20 Mey 1699 Warmont’, and inscribed it with a biblical verse from the book of Matthew in French: ‘Aux Fruicts vous les congoistrez’ (By their fruits you will know them).

Physical description

Bastiaan Boers, who engraved the calligraphic inscription, was a French schoolmaster at Warmond, near Leiden. Signed "B. Boers 20 Mey 1699 Warmont" and inscribed "Aux Fruicts vous les congoistrez"(By their fruits ye shall know them" Matthew 7, 20)

Place of Origin

Netherlands (north, made)
Warmond, Netherlands (engraved)

Date

1699 (made)

Artist/maker

Boers, Bastiaan (engraver (inciser))

Materials and Techniques

Blue glass, diamond-point engraved

Marks and inscriptions

Signed 'B. Boers 20 Mey 1699 Warmont', and inscribed 'Aux Fruicts vous les congoistrez' (By their fruits ye shall know them'; Matthew 7, 20)

Dimensions

Height: 24.5 cm

Descriptive line

Bottle, Northern Netherlands (engraved in Warmond), engraved by Bastiaan Boers, 1699-1699, C.133-1965 .

Labels and date

Bastiaan Boers, who engraved the calligraphic inscription, was a French schoolmaster at Warmond, near Leiden.

Production Note

dated 1699

Categories

Glass

Collection code

CER

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