Bottle

anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1685

The inscription, which translates as ‘When wine enters, reason departs’, warns of the consequences of over indulgence. Van Heemskerk kept this bottle in his own possession, together with a large portion of his work. His glass collection remained in the family well into the 18th century and was auctioned in Leiden in 1771.

  • Artwork typefles, sierfles
  • Object numberBK-NM-758
  • Dimensionsheight 18.5 cm x width 11 cm x depth 7 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bottle

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-758

  • Description

    Afgeplat bolvormige fles, staande op een gladde, aangezette standring. Flauw ingestoken ziel. Om de hals een druipring. Op het lichaam is in Italiaanse letters gecalligrafeerd 'Vin dentro senno Fuori'.

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1675 - c. 1685

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

  • Dimensions

    height 18.5 cm x width 11 cm x depth 7 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • M.A. Heukensfeldt-Jansen, 'Willem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk, Glasgraveur', Oud-Holland 60 (1943), p. 31.
    • 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. 123, cat.nr. V22.

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