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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Translation白套藍玻璃花草紋鼻煙壺

Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory

Date1800-1840

Place Madeprobably China, Yangzhou

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.1 cm; W: 3.1 cm, Th: 1.8 cm; Rim Diam: 1.4 cm

Accession Number81.6.20

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

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Interpretive Notes

Web Text

白套蓝玻璃花草纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper (白套藍玻璃花草紋鼻煙壺). White, light blue, and purplish-blue glass, cork, ivory; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Opaque white glass, delicate light blue glass overlay; blown. baluster shape curving to a high neck, level rim, thin oval base ring of blue enclosing flat base, delicate overlay design of scattered floral motifs, inscription on one face "Plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum" and the maker's seal. (b) New cork stopper, new ivory spoon, no disc, a cap of purplish-blue glass.
Provenance

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