snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory

Date1736-1795

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 6.7 cm, W: 5 cm, Th: 3 cm; Rim Diam: 1.3 cm; Mouth Diam: 0.7 cm

Accession Number82.6.56

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

涅玻璃套琥珀色凤鸟纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Opalescent white, transparent amber, and colorless glass, black disk, cork, ivory; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, amber overlay on opalescent white; short neck with polished, flat rim and hole for a stopper and spoon; rounded sides, with cameo-carved stylized phoenixes on the faces, and small birds perched in branches on the sides; carved oval amber foot rim. (b) Domed colorless glass finial, with pressed swirling ridges; mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank, with long ivory spoon, with thin handle and oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

Source Marian Swayze Mayer (d. 1982) - 1981-12-22