A Venetian enamelled and gilt glass pilgrim flask, almost certainly early 16th century of flattened form with a bulbous lower section each side applied with a gilt spiralled glass medallion with green and blue enamel dots, enlivened with small gilt and blue rosettes, the side affixed with two gilt-glass loops flanking a gilt-lozenge reserving green, blue and red enamel dots, the neck with a band of small blue rosettes within two gilt cross-hatched bands flanked by white dots, on a spreading foot with a further gilt cross-hatched band, the folded rim painted in blue and white, 32.7cm., 12 7/8 in. high
A Venetian enamelled and gilt glass pilgrim flask, almost certainly early 16th century of flattened form with a bulbous lower section each side applied with a gilt spiralled glass medallion with green and blue enamel dots, enlivened with small gilt and blue rosettes, the side affixed with two gilt-glass loops flanking a gilt-lozenge reserving green, blue and red enamel dots, the neck with a band of small blue rosettes within two gilt cross-hatched bands flanked by white dots, on a spreading foot with a further gilt cross-hatched band, the folded rim painted in blue and white, 32.7cm., 12 7/8 in. high
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