1501 / 1550, Valencia

1501 / 1550, Valencia

Identifier
94.4.358
Transfer of custody
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
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Description

This bottle, possibly a version of the hanging leather pilgrim flask used during journeys, would have been used to cool wine in a larger container of water and, although few have survived, was presumably quite a commonly seen form at one time. The arms within a shield on the side are those of Enrique of Aragon-Segorbe, lord of Paterna, or of his son Alfonso, who succeeded him as lord of Paterna in 1516.