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A Dutch moulded decanter flask, second half of the 17th century
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A Dutch moulded decanter flask, second half of the 17th century
Of translucent turquoise-blue coloured glass, the squat globular body decorated overall with 'nipt diamond waies', below a tall slender neck with a smooth collar, with an applied hollow S-shaped handle, kick-in base, 23cm high
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Provenance: The Overduin Collection
With Jaap Polak, Amsterdam, sold 24 December 2003
The technique of 'nipt diamond waies' originated in Venice and was popular in the Netherlands for decorating bottles and flasks in the 17th century. The term was first used in 1677 by George Ravenscroft who used the technique to decorate early British vessels of lead glass and this method of ornament continued in England into the first half of the 18th century. The manufacturing process involved parallel ribs moulded on the surface of a blown glass and these were pinched or 'nipt' into a diamond pattern before the vessel was inflated. Decoration using 'nipt diamond waies' was generally replaced by honeycomb moulding by the middle of the 18th century. A similar flask in blue glass and decorated with 'nipt diamond waies' is illustrated by Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p. 58, pl. 75(3), and one in clear glass by Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (1994), p. 465, cat. 553. Very similar flasks in translucent turquoise-blue glass, but without applied handles, are illustrated by Pieter van Eck and Henrica Zijlstra-Zweens, Glass in the Rijksmuseum Vol I (1993), pp. 188-189, cat. 299, by Brigitte Klesse and Axel von Saldern, 500 Jahre Glaskunst (1978), p. 132, cat. 73. Similar flasks without handles, again in turquoise-blue, have been sold by Christie's London, 17 November 1992, lot 158, and by Sotheby's London, 14 November 1995, lot 74.