snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Cork Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory

Date1750-1880

Place MadeChina

SizeOverall H: 6.5 cm, W: 3.3 cm, Th: 2.2 cm; Rim Diam: 1.5 cm

Accession Number81.6.14

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮蓝玻璃点子鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Cork Stopper. (a) Translucent dark blue glass, vari-colored inclusions, and aventurine glass; ovoid body sloping to a level rim, shallow base ring, close inclusions of glass, including aventurine glass. (b) New cork stopper, very short ivory spoon in paddle shape, tinted ivory (or bone?) hemispherical cap of carved ivory terminating in round finial.
Provenance

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