Ampulla or Bottle

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Object Name: 
Ampulla or Bottle
Place Made: 
Western Europe
Accession Number: 
56.3.102
Dimensions: 
H: 4.9 cm, D (max. body): 2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1401-1600
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale olive-green glass with few bubbles; surface partly slightly "frosted" and cloudy, peacock iridescence on inside; free-blown. Cylindrical body with slight "kick" at base, bearing rough pontil mark, short concave neck flaring to irregular plain rim.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Source
1956
Color: 
Transparent pale olive-green
Technique: 
free-blown