Devotional Bottle with Saint Nicholas of Bari

Object Name: 
Devotional Bottle with Saint Nicholas of Bari

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Object Name: 
Devotional Bottle with Saint Nicholas of Bari
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2000.3.7
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.4 cm, W (max.): 7.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Primary Description: 
Devotional Bottle with Saint Nicholas of Bari. Colorless, with brownish tinge; translucent blue. Mold-blown; applied, tooled, cold-painted. Bottle: hexagonal, rounding to low cylindrical neck with wavy band applied to rim; six applied raspberry prunt feet of colorless glass. On six edges, applied and tooled trails of alternately blue and colorless glass. Six paneled sides painted with (1) bust of saint, (2) religious man kneeling to right of saint, (3) figure standing to left of saint, (4) ship on ocean, (5) bowl, and (6) cup on its side.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Christie's, Paris, Source
2000-03-28
Color: 
colorless
brown
blue
Technique: 
mold-blowing
tooling
painting

Publications (2)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619
An Important Collection of Venetian and Facon deVenise Glass, sale #6272 (2000-03-28) p. 113, lot 279; BIB# 95477