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XX, XXA, AND XXI.
PILGRIM'S BOTTLE.
Yellow-greenish, fairly transparent glass.
This vessel, of highly original shape, is globularly
protuberant on one side, and flattened on the other, which,
for that reason, is known as the back. It is likewise
Rattened on the narrow sides, and at the bottom is strongly
indented, to make up for the absence of a foot. The
transition from the body to the short narrow neck is
produced by an elegant concave sweep. Two thin
ornamental handles are set on the shoulder and neck,
each opposite to the other.
The disposition of the ornamentation is exceptionally
rich and varied. The front side has upon its vertical centre
two cartouches of unequal size, prettily silhouetted, Riled
with a symmetrical large ornament on a blue ground, and
edged with red. Around these, on three sides, there is a
possession of a patrician family at Wurzburg, is now the
property of the British Museum.
The style of the Rgured decoration, and of the
arabesques, points to a Persian origin; the manner of
applying the enamel, and the character of the cartouche
ornament, suggest the end of the thirteenth or the
beginning of the fourteenth century.
The blue and the white enamel has fallen off in some
places. The delicately lustrous gilding is rubbed away
completely in the lower portion; and the red lines of the
design have suffered in the same way; but the effect of
the artistic work remains, in spite of all drawbacks,
thoroughly charming.
Height 230 mm.
XXII AND XXIlA.
SMALL MOSQUE-LAMP.
The glass is honey-coloured (in the original the tone
Fis. 53. LM'cnyU'o?), ow XX7T. szze os /Ae ortyMM?.)
handsome arabesque ornament, the twists of which end in
animal heads. The Rat surface of the back has a motif of
stars designed in a circle, with a broad border strongly
ornamented, through which winds a blue riband hither and
thither. The Rat surfaces of the sides are covered with
large Rgured medallions on a blue ground, representing
a harp-player and a tippler. The remaining space, on the
shoulders of the vessel, is Riled with hunting scenes—men
on horseback chasing lions, hares, and waterfowl (perhaps
wild geese?) on an arabesque ground; in which, on one
side (the right, developed in plate XXI), a tree of peculiar
style appears (compare plate IV).
The interstitial spaces below, near to the medallions,
are Riled with symmetrical ornament, unconRned by limits.
The whole design is carefully and Rnely outlined, and
gilt. The enamels are thick, but laid on with unusual
evenness : the blue of two exceptionally beautiful shades—
in the medallions on the side, and the lower cartouche, it is
dark blue ; in the upper cartouche it is a clear blue.
This precious vessel, which was for centuries in the
is not quite so greenish, and is more transparent), thick,
and fairly transparent, with numerous bubbles.
The form is like that of the lamps on plates III, IX,
XIV, XVI, and XVIII; but is deeply hollowed below,
and strongly drawn inwards at the narrow part of
the neck. The neck is of high funnel-shape, as in the
example on plate XI.
The decoration consists of friezes and borders. The
main frieze on the body is divided into six Reids by
the intervention of pointed medallions on bare spaces
around the handles. The Reids are alternately arranged,
three times with large round writing imposed on a partly
enamelled ground of twisted knot-work, and three times
with ornamentally interlaced CuRc writing, on a blue
ground, with leaf work left bare. The narrow shoulder-
frieze is divided by a blue riband twining hither and
thither, into small triangular Reids, some of which are
Riled with enamelled Rowers, others with Rligree work.
The neck is encircled, at the mouth and at the narrow part,
by narrow borders of delicate design, and a broad frieze,
XX, XXA, AND XXI.
PILGRIM'S BOTTLE.
Yellow-greenish, fairly transparent glass.
This vessel, of highly original shape, is globularly
protuberant on one side, and flattened on the other, which,
for that reason, is known as the back. It is likewise
Rattened on the narrow sides, and at the bottom is strongly
indented, to make up for the absence of a foot. The
transition from the body to the short narrow neck is
produced by an elegant concave sweep. Two thin
ornamental handles are set on the shoulder and neck,
each opposite to the other.
The disposition of the ornamentation is exceptionally
rich and varied. The front side has upon its vertical centre
two cartouches of unequal size, prettily silhouetted, Riled
with a symmetrical large ornament on a blue ground, and
edged with red. Around these, on three sides, there is a
possession of a patrician family at Wurzburg, is now the
property of the British Museum.
The style of the Rgured decoration, and of the
arabesques, points to a Persian origin; the manner of
applying the enamel, and the character of the cartouche
ornament, suggest the end of the thirteenth or the
beginning of the fourteenth century.
The blue and the white enamel has fallen off in some
places. The delicately lustrous gilding is rubbed away
completely in the lower portion; and the red lines of the
design have suffered in the same way; but the effect of
the artistic work remains, in spite of all drawbacks,
thoroughly charming.
Height 230 mm.
XXII AND XXIlA.
SMALL MOSQUE-LAMP.
The glass is honey-coloured (in the original the tone
Fis. 53. LM'cnyU'o?), ow XX7T. szze os /Ae ortyMM?.)
handsome arabesque ornament, the twists of which end in
animal heads. The Rat surface of the back has a motif of
stars designed in a circle, with a broad border strongly
ornamented, through which winds a blue riband hither and
thither. The Rat surfaces of the sides are covered with
large Rgured medallions on a blue ground, representing
a harp-player and a tippler. The remaining space, on the
shoulders of the vessel, is Riled with hunting scenes—men
on horseback chasing lions, hares, and waterfowl (perhaps
wild geese?) on an arabesque ground; in which, on one
side (the right, developed in plate XXI), a tree of peculiar
style appears (compare plate IV).
The interstitial spaces below, near to the medallions,
are Riled with symmetrical ornament, unconRned by limits.
The whole design is carefully and Rnely outlined, and
gilt. The enamels are thick, but laid on with unusual
evenness : the blue of two exceptionally beautiful shades—
in the medallions on the side, and the lower cartouche, it is
dark blue ; in the upper cartouche it is a clear blue.
This precious vessel, which was for centuries in the
is not quite so greenish, and is more transparent), thick,
and fairly transparent, with numerous bubbles.
The form is like that of the lamps on plates III, IX,
XIV, XVI, and XVIII; but is deeply hollowed below,
and strongly drawn inwards at the narrow part of
the neck. The neck is of high funnel-shape, as in the
example on plate XI.
The decoration consists of friezes and borders. The
main frieze on the body is divided into six Reids by
the intervention of pointed medallions on bare spaces
around the handles. The Reids are alternately arranged,
three times with large round writing imposed on a partly
enamelled ground of twisted knot-work, and three times
with ornamentally interlaced CuRc writing, on a blue
ground, with leaf work left bare. The narrow shoulder-
frieze is divided by a blue riband twining hither and
thither, into small triangular Reids, some of which are
Riled with enamelled Rowers, others with Rligree work.
The neck is encircled, at the mouth and at the narrow part,
by narrow borders of delicate design, and a broad frieze,