snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper-cap

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1696-1800

Place MadeChina

TechniqueMold-blown, frit applied

SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, Diam: 1.5 cm

Accession Number51.6.341

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃点子鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper-cap. (a) Transparent opalescent glass; mold-blown and frit applied. Octagonal body; short neck with wider collar-like rim; oblique band of indiscriminate splashes of red frits; flat base. (b) Ruby red glass stopper-cap; flattened shape; bone dipping-spoon.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951

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