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The Netherlands (manufacturer)
Willem Mooleyser (manner of)
Bottle (c. 1680)
glass (diamond-point engraved), silver, cork
26.9 × 15.6 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Australian Consolidated Industries, 1972
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Bottle
(c. 1680)
Medium
glass (diamond-point engraved), silver, cork
Measurements
26.9 × 15.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Australian Consolidated Industries, 1972
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Diamond-point engraving involved incising the surface of a glass with a diamond-tip or steel burin. It was a simple technique, often practised by skilled amateur decorators, likely introduced into the Netherlands by Venetian craftsmen and which reached high levels of refinement in the Dutch Republic during the mid seventeenth century. Glasses were inscribed with both scrolling calligraphic text and pictorial imagery. Rotterdam craftsman Willem Mooleyser became a particularly skilled and distinctive engraver. Many works from the time are designated as in the manner of Mooleyser, but this bottle may be attributed with some confidence to Mooleyser himself.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
the Netherlands
Accession Number
D8-1973
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Dark green glass, silver-mounted stopper, silver chain and collar, long neck, globular body, engraved.