Bottles (Sprinklers)

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1900

The form of these Iranian ‘swan-necked’ bottles is very elegant. They were extremely popular with western travellers and tourists and consequently are found in large numbers in European collections. One of these bottles was bought at the Persian Pavilion at the Amsterdam World Fair of 1883. According to a romantic tradition, the bottles with their distinctive spouts were used to catch the tears of women whose husbands were fighting at the front.

  • Artwork typesprinkler
  • Object numberBK-BR-275
  • Dimensionsheight 35.8 cm x diameter 10.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, blauw glas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bottles (Sprinklers)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-BR-275

  • Description

    Sprinkler met holle standring. Ingestoken bodem. Bolvormig lichaam, overgaand in een hoge, flauw geribde en getordeerde, gebogen hals, die uitloopt in een wijde mond met een smal tuitje.

Creation

  • Creation

    glassblower: anonymous, Persia

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1900

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, blauw glas

  • Dimensions

    height 35.8 cm x diameter 10.4 cm

Explanatory note

  • Vgl. Victoria and Albert Museum, Londen (Honey 1946,afb. 37A) - Musée Royaux, Brussel (Luik 1958, nr. 518) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Pope 1965, XII, pl. 1450A, 1453A) - Kunstmuseum, D sseldorf (Heinemeyer 1966, nr. 579) - Kunstgewerbemuseum, Keulen (Klesse 1973, nr. 93) - Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt a/M (Ohm/Bauer 1980, nr. 96).

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Nijverheid en Handel

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; on long term loan from the Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Nijverheid en Handel, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem, to the Museum van Kunstnijverheid, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem; after the dissolvement of the museum stored at the Vleeshal, Haarlem, 1926;{NHA, ARCH 609 NMNH, inv. 935.} from where transferred, on long term loan, with 154 other objects, to the museum, 1934

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