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perfume bottle

Object NamePerfume Bottle with Portrait of Shakespeare; Stopper

Maker Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1830

Place MadeEngland, London

Techniquemold-blown, cut, encased, molded sulphides

SizeOverall H: 9 cm, W: 5.5 cm

Accession Number84.2.36

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown-molded, cut, encased, molded sulphides. (a) Squat, square shape; rim small, flat and rounded; cylindrical neck panel cut, ground for a stopper; shoulder step-cut below the neck, with fine sharp-diamond cutting below; two flat sides with oval convex panels enclosing molded sulphides, one of Shakespeare, facing dexter, inscribed "BARRE F." below the shoulder, plain reverse, printed in sepia "Pellatt & Green/Patentees/LONDON"; other with a molded basket of flowers, reverse flat, printed in sepia "Pellatt & Green/Patentees/LONDON"; the two other faces with cut rounded vertical ribs alternating with fine diamond-cut rounded ribs; base covered with fine strawberry diamonds. (b) Convex, circular top, with cut radial grooves and notched rim; tapered stem; tapered, polished shank with polished base.
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).