Impossible Bottle

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Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

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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