snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork, Silvering

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina

Techniqueblown, carved

SizeOverall H: 7.7 cm, W: 4 cm

Accession Number82.6.69

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

亮玻璃点子鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Colorless, opaque white and pink, transparent dark blue glass; blown, carved. Flattened, tall ovoid form, with short cylindrical neck, polished flat top and with opening for stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders and sides, slightly rounded faces; colorless glass with scattered splotches of blue, pink, and white; carved oval foot rim. (b) Domed blue glass button top, silvered on the underside; mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon wit thin handle and pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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