# Bottle

- By: De Grieksche A
- Date: c. 1680 - c. 1685
- Medium: earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification: fles
- Dimensions: height 42 cm x width 20.8 cm x depth 17.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1980-31--81ee6a4e902c7963e1949034d2c8c368)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/GSsKE/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vessels of this form are often referred to as pilgrim flasks because they resemble the bottles travellers carried on a strap hanging from their belt on long journeys. This one probably derives from silver models that no longer had any practical function, but instead simply embellished formally laid tables or sideboards.