snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone, Agate (?)

Date1780-1880

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo carved

SizeOverall H: 8.4 cm,W: 3.1 cm, Th: 2.2 cm; Rim Diam: 1.3 cm

Accession Number81.6.28

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

蓝套粉红玻璃鱼藻纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper. Opaque medium blue and pink glass, cork, bone, black disc, agate; blown, cased, cameo carved. (a) Opaque medium blue glass, opaque pink glass overlay; blown and cameo carved cylindrical body narrowing to straight neck, level rim, base ring of mixed blue and pink; upper body plain, lower body of waves, on each face pink overlay of diving carp and aquatic leaves. (b) New cork stopper, long bone spoon, black disc, hemispherical cap of agate.
Provenance

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