Title: Rosewater Sprinkler
Date: 18th century
Location: Turkey
Materials: opaque, dusty and bubbly blue glass with some impurities, free-blown and tooled; gilt filigree mounts
Dimensions: 18 x 8cm
Accession Number: GLS 535
Other Notes:
The sprinkler has a long, gently tapering neck and a pyriform body that rests on a trailed-on foot. The underside retains a pontil mark. The bottle is set in gilt base-metal mounts, which form an armature around it. Some parts of the mount are of sheet metal decorated with wire filigree and pierced designs, while others – such as the interlace plaques on the body – are cast in openwork and attached to the rest of the mount by hinges.
Bibliography:
S.M. Goldstein et al, Glass. From Sasanian Antecedents to European Imitations, The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume XV, London 2005, cat.319, p.298.
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