perfume bottle

Object NamePerfume Bottle with Prince Albert; Stopper

Maker John Ford & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1875

Techniqueblown, cut, encased, molded sulphide, overlay, applied, polished

SizeOverall H: 18.4 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm

Accession Number84.2.25

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Place Made

Scotland, Edinburgh, The Canongate

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent ruby lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide, overlay. (a) Ovoid shape, colorless on transparent ruby; flat, flared rim; waisted neck, ground for a stopper; panel-cut neck and shoulder; the sides with long cut flutes; rectangular panel on the front, enclosing a molded sulphide head of a man (Prince Albert), facing sinister, inscribed (indecipherable) at the base of the neck; rounded base; applied disk foot with cut star on the underside. (b) Diamond-faceted knop; panel-cut waisted stem; polished, tapered shank, polished base.
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