Ewer, 18th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, and pinched; tooled on the pontil, 6 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (16.5 x 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 46.63.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 46.63.3_side1_PS2.jpg)
Ewer, 18th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, and pinched; tooled on the pontil, 6 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (16.5 x 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 46.63.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 46.63.3_side2_PS2.jpg)
Ewer
Arts of the Islamic World
Small pouring vessels like this and the long-necked sprinkler nearby were used for dispensing rosewater and other perfumes, shared with guests at festive occasions. The slim, curvaceous spouts of the ewer and sprinkler forms were admired and adapted by nineteenth- and twentieth-century glassmakers in the West, most notably Tiffany.
MEDIUM
Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, and pinched; tooled on the pontil
DATES
18th century
DYNASTY
Qajar
PERIOD
Qajar Period
DIMENSIONS
6 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (16.5 x 9.3 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
46.63.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Ewer, 18th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, and pinched; tooled on the pontil, 6 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (16.5 x 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 46.63.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 46.63.3_side1_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
profile, 46.63.3_side1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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