snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Maker Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Plastic (?), Ivory, Cork, Stone (?)

Date1810-1854

Place MadeChina, Beijing

Techniqueblown, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, W: 4.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.64

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

豆绿色玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Opaque green non-lead glass; blown, cut. (a) Flattened, circular form; short, cylindrical neck with flat rim and circular hole for a stopper; concave, circular facets on the faces, rounded sides; oval foot rim, inscribed (incised) within "行有恒堂 Xing You Heng Tang" (the Hall of Constancy); paper label inscribed in ink "698". (b) Domed orange (stone?) cap, mounted on a thin black (plastic?) disk; cork stopper; slender amber- stained ivory spoon with pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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