snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork

Dateabout 1800-1911

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown-molded, cold-worked, polished

SizeOverall H: 6 cm, W: 3.8 cm

Accession Number82.6.26

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

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Interpretive Notes

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茶色亮玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Transparent brown and bright red-pink glass, cork, ivory; blown-molded, cold-worked, polished. (a) Flattened form, the faces broad, the sides narrow; short, cylindrical neck with flat top and small circular opening on top for a stopper and spoon; the shoulders rounded; the base polished flat. (b) Domed bright red-pink form in glass, on a striated brown disk, attached to a cork shank and yellow-stained ivory spoon, with thin handle and long, pointed oval, spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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

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