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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Opaque white, colored enamel; blown, tooled, enameled, assembled; the ovoid flask is made of opaque white glass. It has two flat sides, which are decorated with enameling, and a (restored) conical metal closure. The image on either side is oriented vertically to the base of the object. One side depicts an English country scene of a rabbit hunt. Two horsemen are charging from the right across a field; one of them is blowing a hunting horn. They are accompanied by a pack of hounds chasing a rabbit, seen on the far left. The image is surrounded by a frame of purple scrolls, which incorporates a mask surrounded by rays above the riders, probably personifying the sun. The reverse side is enameled with a cartouche of purple scrolls enclosing the inscription "MAT.ew STUBS Esq. / 1757."
Publications (3)
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000)
illustrated, p. 10;
BIB# 65446