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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Flask

1600-1650 (made)
Place of origin
Nevers (made)

Flask with two handles, pale green glass with speckled decoration, Nevers, France, 1600-50


Object details

Object type
Flask
Materials and techniques
pale green glass, mottled with white and red glass, applied green glass decoration
Brief description
Flask with two handles, pale green glass with speckled decoration, Nevers, France, 1600-50
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.0cm
  • Greatest width width: 16.5cm
conversion size only
Styles
EUROPE
FACON DE VENISE
Object history
Bought from the Bernal Collection.
Production
Check purchase price
Bibliographic references
  • Honey p.68, Charleston 'The Art of Glass in France', Wadsworth 1978
  • S. Lhermite-King, Cent Verres Francais 1550-1750, Tresors des collections privees, Paris 2008, pp. 86-91: shows a number of similarly decorated glasses and similarly shaped bottles. These are all attributed to Nevers.
Other number
2168 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1892-1855

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O504/flask/
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