snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Tape

Date1700-1820

Place MadeChina

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 7.2 cm, W: 4.1 cm

Accession Number82.6.96

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮黄玻璃葫芦式鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent bright yellow glass, stone, ivory, black tape; mold-blown. Double-gourd form, with short tapered neck, the top ground flat, the top with an opening for a stopper and spoon; two bulbous sections below, the lower one larger than the upper one; polished oval base. (b) Cylindrical button of malachite; long ivory spoon with black tape wrapped around the top of the thin handle, pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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