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Impossible bottles feature religious or other scenes fitted into glass vessels with great skill and dexterity. In Germany they are also known as Geduldsflasche, or ‘patience bottle’. They frequently serve to represent the Crucifixion of Christ and/or a crucifix on an altar.

Details

  • Title: Impossible Bottle
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 1889
  • Location: Kremsmünster, Austria
  • Physical Dimensions: w14,5 x h32 x d8 cm
  • Type: Object
  • Medium: glass, paper, poplar, painted, fabric flowers
  • Inv.-No.: D (34 B 11) 822/1973
  • ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018719
  • External Link: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Text: © Koehler & Amelang Verlag in der Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG / Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / und die Autoren Photo: © Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ute Franz-Scarciglia

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