snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Stone, Cork

Date1800-1911

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, carved, cemented

SizeOverall H: 7 cm, W: 5.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.94

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

粉色涅玻璃象纹镶嵌式鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Opaque pink, translucent turquoise, opaque white, amber, dark blue, opaque yellow, and red glass, ivory, green stone, cork; blown, carved, cemented. (a) Flattened ovoid form, of opaque pink glass; short, tapered neck, polished flat on top with an opening in the top for a stopper and spoon; the shoulders and sides rounded, the faces polished relatively flat; stylized figures of elephants cemented on either face, one elephant a streaked creamy-white, with turquoise trappings and dark blue seat; the other bright red, with bright yellow trappings and blue seat; carved turquoise blue mark handles cemented on either shoulder; oval amber oval foot rim cemented on the base. (b) Domed green stone button on top, with carved stylized leaves; mounted on a turned ivory disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon with thin handle, oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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