Bottle
ca. 1690 (made)
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Bottle of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Body of inverted-baluster shape surmounted by a thin neck which swells into a bulb below the spreading lip. Octagonal in section throughout. Decoration consists of two sprays of leaves and flowers with birds and insects flying above them and between them are two winged putti holding leaf sprays. Round the lip is a blue dentil border.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels |
Brief description | Bottle of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, Delft, ca. 1690. |
Physical description | Bottle of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Body of inverted-baluster shape surmounted by a thin neck which swells into a bulb below the spreading lip. Octagonal in section throughout. Decoration consists of two sprays of leaves and flowers with birds and insects flying above them and between them are two winged putti holding leaf sprays. Round the lip is a blue dentil border. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
Production | Attributed by Frits Scholten of the Rijksmuseum, 21/01/98 |
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Accession number | C.94-1951 |
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Record created | August 12, 1998 |
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