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Sprinkler or sprinkling bottle with a jester's head
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Sprinkler or sprinkling bottle with a jester's head

c. 1600 - c. 1699 · casting; brass (alloy)

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

About this work

The object is composed of three parts: the cast hook ending in a jester's head, the middle piece, which has a hole at the bottom, and the hollow lower part made from a plate, closed by a perforated sphere.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
sprenkelfles
Credit lineSprenkelaar of sprenkelfles met narrenkop. c. 1600 - c. 1699. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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