Flask
A gourd decorated with birds, animals, and flowers, in colours on black ground; silver stopper and chain.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| 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 | A gourd decorated with birds, animals, and flowers, in colours on black ground; silver stopper and chain. |
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| Object history | This perfume flask was purchased for £3 from J. C. Robinson, 'acquired in Spain' 'Hispano-Indian or Mexican work. 17th century' |
| 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 268-1879 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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