snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory, Turquoise, Rock Crystal

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm, W: 6.1 cm, Th: 3.2 cm; Rim Diam: 1.9 cm

Accession Number81.6.11

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮紫玻璃开光花鸟纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Cork Stopper. Transparent pale amethyst glass, cork, ivory, turquoise, rock crystal; blown, cameo-carved. (a) Transparent pale amethyst glass; straight walls curving up to plain neck flaring slightly to level rim, wide-oval base ring, design in low rounded relief, two medallions enclosing, on one face, a phoenix, on the other a flowering plant, with vines continuing overall, on sides a modified archivic antrual mask and false-ring handle. (b) New cork stopper, ivory spoon, turquoise disc, hemispherical cap of rock crystal with interior banding.
Provenance

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