Flask and Stopper
Flask made of the round end of a gourd, decorated all over in coloured designs on a black ground, with silver neck-mount and sprinkler engraved with the name SANCHEZ. The bulbous body is decorated with a fox(?), birds, and two hands holding a heart, amidst flowering stems, the neck is encircled by a band bearing a scroll and a similar band encloses a medallion of foliage on the bottom. The neck-mount is a band with corded edges, into which the sprinkler fits, a tapering nozzle with perforated bult at the tip.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gourd with <i>barniz de Pasto</i> decoration, and silver |
| Brief description | Gourd decorated with barniz de Pasto; silver mounts and stopper. Viceroyalty of Peru, c1650 |
| Physical description | Flask made of the round end of a gourd, decorated all over in coloured designs on a black ground, with silver neck-mount and sprinkler engraved with the name SANCHEZ. The bulbous body is decorated with a fox(?), birds, and two hands holding a heart, amidst flowering stems, the neck is encircled by a band bearing a scroll and a similar band encloses a medallion of foliage on the bottom. The neck-mount is a band with corded edges, into which the sprinkler fits, a tapering nozzle with perforated bult at the tip. |
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| Object history | The flask was purchased for £4 from Mr F. E. Whelan (Messrs. Rollin and Feuardent). 'Spanish-American; 18th century; sprinkler damaged and piece wanting' |
| Bibliographic reference | Burgio, Lucia, Dana Melchar, Stanislav Strekopytov, et al., 'Identification, characterisation and mapping of calomel as 'mercury white', a previously undocumented pigment from South America, and its use on a barniz de pasto cabinet at the Victoria and Albert Museum'. In: Microchemical Journal, vol. 143, December 2018, pp. 220-227. |
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| Accession number | 1577:1-1902 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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