CIRCA 1735

Details

A Dutch glass iridescent gin bottle
CIRCA 1735
Kelderfles, of green tint, the slightly tapering rectangular body, with short waisted neck, kick-in base, possibly containing gin
28.5 cm. high

Provenance

The Dutch East Indiaman 't Vliegenthart, 1735.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This bottle was recovered from the wreck 't Vliegenthart which sank off the coast of Zeeland on her yourney from Holland to Batavia on the 3rd of February 1735.
For a similar model, see Harold E. Henkes, Glass without Gloss, The Hague, 1994, p. 243, ill. 51.10; Willy van den Bossche, Antique Glass Bottles - Their History and Evolution (1500-1850), Italy, 2001, p. 132, pl. 84.

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