Bottle
1684 (dated)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
green glass, diamond-engraved, with engraved pewter mounts
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, diamond-engraved, with engraved pewter mounts |
| Brief description | Glass bottle, made in Northern Netherlands (engraved in Leiden), engraved by Willem van Heemskerk, 1684. |
| Physical description | green glass, diamond-engraved, with engraved pewter mounts |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed 'Willem van Heemskerk. 11 Decemb: 1684'; inscribed 'Nutten sonder krassen' (Eat silently, i.e. keep quiet when making gains) and 'Die van sijn vangst veel schettert, krast en swest, Valt vaek de brok voor s neg[???]er uit het nest' (He who brags about his success, often loses his gains), both quotations are after the Dutch poet and statesman Jacob Cats (1577-1660). (Signature; decoration) |
| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Production | dated 1684; Tony North 16-12-1992: mount modern |
| Bibliographic reference | F. Smit, 'Insciptions in Calligraphy' (1989), N21 |
| Other number | 8801 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.427-1936 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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