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Oil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder
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Oil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder

Diemont, Fa. · 1801 · mahogany (wood); silver (metal); glass

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The pointed oval holder has straight walls, slightly raised on the sides. It rests on four tapering downwards, curved, ribbed feet. Above these feet and along the upper side of the holder run fillet edges. Below the upper edge a pierced edge of lattice work is applied. Along the inner side of the upper edge there are four vaulted projections, upon which the insert rests. This consists of a plate with four large cutouts for the bottles of colourless, cut glass and four smaller ones for the stoppers. Running through the middle of this plate is a rod, crowned by four decreasing in size balls, and ending at the underside in a screw, where it can be screwed with a nut under the mahogany bottom. Around the openings for the stoppers low raised walls are applied, decorated with fillet edges. From here curved connecting pieces rise to the middle, where they unite in a loop-shaped handle. The connecting pieces are also decorated with fillet edges, which continue along the sides of the handle.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cruet set
Credit lineOlie- en azijnstel met vier flessen in een spitsovale houder. 1801. Diemont, Fa.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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