HEEMSKERK, Willem Jacobsz. van
(b. 1613, Leiden, d. 1693, Leiden)

Bottle

1684
Clear, dark-green glass, silver, height 22 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

This kind of bottles were object for diamond-point engravings. For the bottle shown in the picture the silver stopper made of a coin bearing the head of Queen Christina of Sweden has been preserved.