Bottle

anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1685

The inscription translates as: ‘Never tire to good aspire’.

  • Artwork typefles, sierfles
  • Object numberBK-NM-751
  • Dimensionsheight 27 cm x diameter 16.1 cm, diameter 7.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, paars glas met diamantgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bottle

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-751

  • Description

    Gladde standring. Ingestoken ziel. Afgeplat bolvormige fles. Rond de hals een druipring. Op het lichaam is in Italiaanse letters gecalligrafeerd 'Zyt noit moede, in het goede.'.

Creation

  • Creation

    • glassblower: anonymous, Low Countries
    • glassblower: anonymous, Germany
    • glass carver: Willem Jacobszoon van Heemskerk, Leiden

  • Dating

    c. 1675 - c. 1685

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, paars glas met diamantgravure

  • Dimensions

    • height 27 cm x diameter 16.1 cm
    • diameter 7.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • J.G. van Gelder, 'Willem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk, Glasgraveur', Oud-Holland 57 (1940), p. 191.
    • F.G.A.M. Smit, Inscriptions in Calligraphy on Glass, Uniquely Dutch, Seventeenth-Century Calligraphy on Glass, A preliminary Catalogue, Peterborough 1989, p. 134, cat.nr. Z12.
    • M.A. Heukensfeldt-Jansen, 'Willem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk, Glasgraveur', Oud-Holland 60 (1943), p. 31.

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