Pilgrim Bottle
CultureGerman
Date16th century
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (?)
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 inches (24.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Lehman
Object number43-39/5
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DescriptionCircular bottle with rased decorated in color of foliaged leaves, flowers and figures.ProvenanceBaron Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890), Paris, as Hunter’s Gourde, by 1890;
By descent to his daughters, Madame La Baronne Coche de la Ferté (née Catherine Spitzer, 1872-1954) and Madame Augustin Rey de Villette (née Marguerite Spitzer), Paris, 1890-1929;
Purchased at their sale, Medieval and Renaissance Art…from the Frederic Spitzer Collection, The Anderson Galleries, New York, January 9-12, 1929, lot 405, by Robert Lehman (1891-1969), New York, no. C11, 1929-1943 [1];
His gift, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1943.
NOTES:
[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Papers, box 82, folder 13.
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