Bottle with five tubes, 14th/15th century or earlier
ExecutionUnknown
Green glass, blown
(H x Ø)19 × 8,6 cm
Place of originDeutschland
Status
not on displayAccessionacquired 1940
Inventory numberP 1940-43
Contact
sammlung@kunstpalast.de
About the work“Kuttrolf” has been used to describe bottles with a narrow neck since the fourteenth century. Wine or spirits were drunk from them, resulting in gurgling noises, which could be the origin of the name. As early as Roman times, in the third to fourth century AD, there were multi-necked bottles that allowed the wine to flow even more noisily and mix with air. They were made by sucking some air out of the glassmaker’s pipe. This caused the vessel to contract, and the tubes were formed. This complete specimen from the Middle Ages is the only known example to date.