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Gin bottle
Marked by: Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory (active 1686–1701)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1686-95
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, pewter
Dimensions
Overall height: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.582a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSquare bottle with sloping shoulders and tapered neck, fitted with pewter threaded cover with hinged handle. Front decorated with the arms of the counts of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf and landscape vignettes above and below. Other three sides decorated with pairs of figures in landscapes. Band of interlaced scrollwork around base.
Marks
Marked " 3 / AK / 15" in underglaze blue
InscriptionsLabels on underside: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 068"
"Dr. Gunther Grethe Collection"
"Aronson Antiquairs Amsterdam"
"Dr. Gunther Grethe Collection"
"Aronson Antiquairs Amsterdam"
ProvenanceAbout 1689/1695, commissioned by a member of the Zinzendorf family, Austria. Günter Grethe, Hamburg; sold from the Günther Grethe collection to Aronson Antiquairs (dealer), Amsterdam; 2004, sold by Aronson to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).