Rose Water Sprinkler

Object Name: 
Rose Water Sprinkler

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Object Name: 
Rose Water Sprinkler
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
51.3.315
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.5 cm; Body W: 11.1 cm, D: 15.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1730
Web Description: 
Rosewater sprinklers originated in Persia (Iran). Refreshing and cooling rosewater was traditionally sprinkled on guests as a sign of hospitality.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1951-01-01
Schreiber, Charlotte, Former Collection
Countess of Bessborough, Former Collection
Davis, Cecil, Former Collection
Color: 
blue
red
yellow
orange
multicolored
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-working
Material: 
ormolu

Description

Primary Description: 
Rose Water Sprinkler. Bulbous body with long cylindrical neck with sheared, fire-polished rim; spreading slightly above collar, applied about 4.25 cm below rim, drawn [applied?] flat circular foot with pontil mark. Bright polychrome decoration on neck and below collar; two blue lines above collar. Borders above and below alternating quatrefoil motif and dotted diamond. On one side of body, in green, red, blue, yellow, and orange, festoon above loose bouquet of naturalistic flowers, with parrot perched in center; on other side, similar festoon and bouquet, with bird resembling finch in center; on ends, cluster of leaves and fruit above elaborate foliated blue scroll. Ormolu sprinkler cap.

Exhibitions (5)

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Show
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples. The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
 
Steuben Glass Animals
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1988-11 through 1988-11
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia
Venue(s)
Palazzo Ducale 1982-07-24 through 1982-10-24
 
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass

Publications (23)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking (2019) illustrated, Introduction fig. 11; BIB# 716365
Enamelling and Gilding on Glass (2013) illustrated, pp. 61-62; BIB# 142116
Confluente Est-Vest in Arta Sti'clei (2011-05) illustrated, p. 11; BIB# AI97782
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries (2010) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# AI82479
Eighteenth-Century Venetian Enameled Lattimo and Iconographic Sources (2007) illustrated, p. 136, fig. 13;
I lattimi veneziani smaltati del XVIII secolo e i rapporti iconografici con le incisioni (2007) illustrated, pp. 136-137 fig. 13; BIB# AI74786
Y'oroppa amerika no ant'iku garasu : shiru, kau, kataru, kansh'osura (2002) illustrated, p. 17; BIB# 74885
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 38; BIB# 63967
A Celebration of Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art (1998) illustrated, p. 32, fig. 5;
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (1993) p. 30; BIB# 35660
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) illustrated, pp. 12-13, #19; BIB# 35681
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 40, #60; BIB# 58995
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 48, #35; BIB# 35679
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 160-161, pl. 72; BIB# 33819
Glass Animals: 3,500 Years of Artistry and Design (1988) illustrated, p. 75; BIB# 32200
Glass Animals: 3500 Years of Artistry (1988) illustrated, leaf 37 (back); BIB# 3398
Special Report: The Corning Glass Center (1985) p. 17; BIB# AI14226
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia (1982) p. 181;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 160-161, pl. 72; BIB# 20953
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 60, #72; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, p. 79, #99; BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, p. 77, #89; BIB# 27746
46th Annual Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston illustrated, p. 32; BIB# 31342