Bottle

anonymous, 1685

The inscription comes from the biblical verse: ‘Show not forth wisdom out of time’.

  • Artwork typefles, sierfles
  • Object numberBK-NM-757
  • Dimensionsheight 21.6 cm x diameter 13.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bottle

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-757

  • Description

    Ingestoken ziel. Bolvormig lichaam, overgaande in een slanke hals, waarom een druipring is gelegd. Op het lichaam is in Italiaanse letters gecalligrafeerd 'Zyt niet wys buitens tijds.'. On der op de bodem 'Willem van Heemskerk. Æs 72 Ao 1685.'.

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    1685

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

  • Dimensions

    height 21.6 cm x diameter 13.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • J.G. van Gelder, 'Willem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk, Glasgraveur', Oud-Holland 57 (1940), p. 190.
    • 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. Z11.

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