snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Cork

Date1760-1880

Place MadeChina

Techniqueblown, overlay, carved

SizeOverall H: 6.7 cm, W: 4.9 cm

Accession Number82.6.65

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

白套砖红色玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Opaque white and dark brick-red non-lead glass; blown, overlay, carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form; white glass with marbled brick-red overlay on the sides, polished partly away, leaving random splotches on the sides; short neck with flat rim and circular opening for a stopper; carved oval foot rim. (b) Dark red stone domed cap, mounted on a thin "tiger-eye" disk, tape-wrapped cork stopper, and amber-stained long, slender spoon with pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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