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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Cork

Date1720-1840

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, overlay, tooled, carved

SizeOverall H: 6.3 cm, W: 4.7 cm

Accession Number82.6.82

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

仿玉玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Colorless, transparent green, and white glass, white stone, ivory, cork; blown, overlay, tooled, carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form; a green and white caned glass was sandwich in between of two clear glass, before overlay with the outside clear glass, the glass was heated and tooled to achieved the stone texture; short, cylindrical neck with concave rim and circular hole at the center for a stopper; rounded sides; cut oval base. (b) Transparent green glass disk cap, mounted on a striped opalescent white stone disk, cork stopper, and long, slender ivory spoon with oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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