Production: Unknown
Flask. Clear glass with enclosed 'combed' white threads; brass (?) mount, stopper and chain. Hexagonal with a slight kick, straight sides and almost flat shoulder, the narrow neck encased in a cylindrical mount with a slightly domed top, engraved with acanthus leaves, surmounted by a small ball and a loop to take the chain which is also attached by its lower end to the neck.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 15.7 cm
Width: 6.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century-18th Century#
Circa
1675
CE
-
1725
CE
Mount
composed of
brass (alloy)
( uncertain)
Body
Decoration
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.377-1991
Primary reference Number: 27994
Packing number: GLA 334
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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