Glazed stoneware bottle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Glazed stoneware bottle.
Long description: Glazed orange stoneware bottle with a tall cylindrical body and straight sides. The sides of the bottle taper to a short neck with a narrow opening, below which there is a handle on one side. The bottle is marked 'SELTERS' in a circular pattern around an incised logo and 'Herzogthum Nassau' opposite the handle and 'M N 74' below the handle. These marks indicate that the bottle originally carried mineral water from the Niederselters spring in the Duchy of Nassau, which is in the current state of Hesse, Germany. It was likely manufactured in the second half of the 19th century to carry this newly fashionable commodity, and was purchased on the 5th of March in 1981 for 200 rupiah on Banda Besar.
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Germany (Manufactured)
Europe > Western Europe > Germany (Manufactured)
Cultural groups: Banda
Person: PRM source Roy Ellen; Field collector Roy Ellen
Date / Period: Date made: Around 1860, uncertain
Date collected: 05/03/1981
Acquisition information: Donated: 14 August 2024
Materials and processes: Material Ceramic, Material Pigment, Process Moulded, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Painted, Process Glazed, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length 230 mm, Diameter 72 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2024.20.10 Other numbers: 1981.01