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Object:
http://collectie.boijmans.nl/nl/collection/b-31-(kn-v) info: http://www.britannica.com/topic/pilgrim-bottle Boijmans informatie:
Titel: Pelgrimsfles
Pottenbakker: Anoniem
Jaartal: 1525-1565
Lokatie: Dit object is te zien in zaal 48
Objectsoort:pelgrimsfles
Inventarisnummer: B31 (KN&V)
Afmetingen: H. 26,2 cm
Materiaal en Techniek: Witbakkend aardewerk, relief applicatie, loodglazuur
Creditline: Bruikluin/ Loan: rijksdienst voor het cultureel erfgoed 1953
Collectie: Kunstnijverheid & Design
Onderzoek: ALMA
Material: Loodglazuur, witbakkend aardewerk
Object: Pelgrimsfles
Techniek: Relief-applicatie
Geografische herkomst: Sain porchaire
Geografische Herkomst: Frankrijk

“A pilgrim’s bottle, Vessel with a body varying from an almost full circle, flattened, to a pear shape with shortish neck, a spreading foot, and, generally, two loops on the shoulders. Though the loops either a chain or a cord was passed from carrying the bottle or for maintaining the stopper in place.’’
The bottle from boijmans is indeed almost full circle. It has a longish neck and a spreading foot. It does not however have two loops on the shoulders.
The website that described that they were made from various materials.

‘’Originally these vessels may have been carried by travelers on their journeys, but the ones that have survived are so sumptuous that their function was probably purely ornamental. If they were used, it must have been, as in the case of some of the traveling tea or coffee sets of Meissen porcelain, exclusively by the very wealth’’