snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Factoryprobably Peking Imperial Workshop

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Coral

Date1810-1854

Place MadeChina, probably Beijing

Techniqueblown, carved

SizeOverall H: 7 cm, W: 3.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.62

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

蜜蜡色玻璃双龙纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Opaque bright yellow glass, pink coral, green top, brown disk, ivory; blown, carved. Tall, flattened ovoid form, with short cylindrical neck, rounded shoulders and sides, flattened faces; the faces relief-carved with stylized formal serpent or dragons, the sides with mask handles; carved oval foot rim; the base with incised mark in Chinese characters "行有恒堂 Xing You Heng Tang ". (b) Domed form, of pink coral with carved undulating petal rim, and incised veins, with small domed green top; mounted on a brown disk; on a wrapped paper tapered shank, with long orange-stained ivory spoon, with knob end, thin handle, and pointed oval spatulate bowl. In imitation of honey amber.
Provenance

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