Bottle and Stopper
ca. 1715-1717 (made)
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Bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), creamy paste and glaze. Japanese sake bottle shape, of square section, tapering to long neck. Strongly profiled urn stopper with wide shoulder and pointed finial. No foot; recessed bottom unglazed. Painted in Böttger enamel colours (brown-red, green, yellow, blue, purple-crimson) and gold with oriental flowers and foliage, the colours mostly within gold outlines. Gilt edge.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Bottle and stopper, one of a pair, hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), painted in enamels and gilt, made by the Meissen porcelain factory, decorated in Georg Funcke's workshop, Germany, ca. 1715-17 |
| Physical description | Bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), creamy paste and glaze. Japanese sake bottle shape, of square section, tapering to long neck. Strongly profiled urn stopper with wide shoulder and pointed finial. No foot; recessed bottom unglazed. Painted in Böttger enamel colours (brown-red, green, yellow, blue, purple-crimson) and gold with oriental flowers and foliage, the colours mostly within gold outlines. Gilt edge. |
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| Credit line | J. A. Tulk Bequest |
| Object history | One of a pair of bottles and stopper (C.22 to C-1956). |
| Production | Examined by Malcolm Gutter June 2010, who attributed the enamelling to Georg Funcke's workshop. The absence of iron red and black suggests a date between 1713 and 1717 as these colours first appear in Funcke's invoices to the factory in 1718. |
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| Accession number | C.22&A-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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