Bottle, possibly 1600-1800

Made:
Unattributed place

Glass bottle with saint painted on side, possibly Venetian. The height of Venetian glass-making was over by the end of the seventeenth century, and Venice no longer dominated the European glass market. Instead it turned to the production of glass for the tourist industry.

Details

Category:
Medical Glass-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A105413
Materials:
glass and cork
type:
bottles and religious
credit:
Mohmet-Ali Bey