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Alembic cap

Alembic cap

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (possibly, made)
    Egypt (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Glass

  • Museum number:

    337-1900

  • Gallery location:

    Glass, room 131, case 14, shelf 1

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This glass cap with extended spout is from an alembic, a type of flask used for distillation.

Place of Origin

Germany (possibly, made)
Egypt (possibly, made)

Date

19th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Glass

Dimensions

Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 8.5 cm maximum

Descriptive line

Cap of an alembic, possibly Germany, 1800-1900

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Carboni, S., Whitehouse, D. Glass of the Sultans. Catalogue of the exhibition "Glass of the Sultans" held at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, May 24th -Sept. 3rd, 2001; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 2nd, 2001 -Jan. 13th, 2002; The Benaki Museum, Athens, Feb. 20th - May 15th, 2002. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. ISBN 0-87099-986-9 (h.c.), 0-87099-987-7 (pbk), 0-300-0851-5 (Yale Univ. Press). Cat. 8, p.78
fig. in Lamm (1930;table I,no.17) 6th-8th century. Annales du 10e Congrès de l'AIHV, 1985 pp.361-372: Stephen Moorhouse 'Medieval industrial glassware in the British Isles'.

Exhibition History

Glass of the Sultans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 01/10/2001-10/01/2002)
The Glass of the Sultans (Benaki Museum, Athens 15/05/0002-20/02/2002)
Glass of the Sultans (Corning Museum of Glass 04/05/2001-03/09/2001)

Production Note

H.E.Henkes from Rotterdam (14-9-1993) says this prob. not Egyptian 6th century but German, French or English, 15th to 17th century!

Categories

Glass; Science

Collection code

CER

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