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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Translation紅套霏雪地玻璃鼻煙壺

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Stone, Cork

Date1740-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 6.7 cm, W: 3.6 cm

Accession Number82.6.105

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

红套霏雪地玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (紅套霏雪地玻璃鼻煙壺). Transparent red, colorless, and opaque white glass, ivory, white stone, cork; blown, cased, cold-worked. (a) Flattened, rectangular form, with rounded shoulders and sides; colorless overlay with flocculent white scattered throughout, on transparent ruby-red; short, cylindrical neck with flat top and circular opening for a stopper; cold-worked oval foot rim. (b) Domed white stone (?) cap, mounted on a tapered cork stopper, and long, slender ivory spoon with oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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