Bottle
1725-50 (made)
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Cyllindrical glass bottle, enamelled, with a glass stopper and a silver mount and screwtop. Enamelled with a gold-finch and sprays of naturalistic flowers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled glass, with silver mount and screwtop. |
| Brief description | Decanter and stopper, Green glass, gilt England (probably Bristol); about 1800-20, Gift of R. W. E. Allars, Esq. (Circ.137 &A-1938) |
| Physical description | Cyllindrical glass bottle, enamelled, with a glass stopper and a silver mount and screwtop. Enamelled with a gold-finch and sprays of naturalistic flowers. |
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| Credit line | Gift of Mr Arthur Du Cane |
| Production | Possibly made in the workshop of Osvaldo Brussa. Enamelling in this style has been attributed to the workshop of Osvaldo Brussa, whose portrait (painted later in the 18th century) shows him holding a similarly decorated beaker. |
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| Accession number | C.137:1-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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