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Square Bottle

Artist Franz Gondelach

Donor Wunsch Foundation Inc.

CultureGerman

Dateearly 18th century

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (21 x 8.9 x 5.4 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the Wunsch Foundation

Object numberL2000.1.3

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a square bottle with an engraving attributed to the workshop of Franz Gondelach. It is a blown colorless glass sqaure in cross-section with tapering cut neck and facet-cut rim, one side intaglio engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a cardinal's hat and flanked by two asymmetrically arranged putti (one nude, the other wearing a robe and holding a trumpet).