snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone (?)

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 4 cm, Th: 2.1 cm; Rim Diam: 1.6 cm

Accession Number81.6.26

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

白色玻璃荷叶鱼纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper. Opaque white, opaque pale green, and mottled green glass, cork, bone (?), black disc; blown, cameo-carved. (a) Opaque white glass, touch of thin opaque pale green overlay; bottle-like form curving to neck with level rim, cameo-carved decoration of aquatic leaves and in translucent thin applied overlay, two facing dog fish whose tails spin out in coils at bottom. (b) Ill-fitting cork stopper, bone (?) spoon, black disc, cap of mottled green glass (?).
Provenance

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