snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Gilding, Cork

Date1730-1830

Place MadeChina

Techniqueblown, cold-worked, gilded

SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm, W: 4.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.34

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

亮红亮玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent orange-red non-lead glass full of bubbles; blown, cold-worked. (a) Flattened ovoid form; short cylindrical neck, the rim flat, with an opening on top for a stopper and spoon; rounded sides, slightly convex faces; oval foot rim; two Chinese characters incised within the foot rim. (b) Domed button, with a raised dragon encircling it, gilt; tapered cork shank; ivory spoon with slender handle and pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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