scent bottle

Object NameScent Bottle with Stopper and Cap

Maker Dihl

Made FromGlass, sulphide, silver

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place MadeFrance

Techniqueblown, encased, cut,molded sulphide, stamped metal

SizeOverall L: 8.6 cm; a) W: 4.9 cm

Accession Number84.3.165

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Heads of State

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped metal. Ovoid shape, with two oval panels on the faces, one enclosing a double sulphide portrait of a man and a woman (Napoleon I and Marie Louise) facing sinister,and on the opposite side a child (the King of Rome) facing dexter; sides with prismatic cutting; short cylindrical neck, ground for a stopper; the glass stopper with tapered shank and vertical pad; threaded silver sleeve attached to the neck; domed, ribbed, threaded cover.
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).