snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone

Date1800-1911

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 3.6 cm, Th: 1.5 cm; Rim Diam: 1.5 cm

Accession Number81.6.34

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

黄套绿玻璃龟蛇纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper. (a) Opaque light brown glass with overlay of dark green, almost black, glass; blown, cased, cameo-carved. Flattened cylindrical shape, rounding shoulder, straight neck, level rim, oval base ring of green glass, decoration on each face of pre-formed tortoise and serpent in green overlay, tails spreading onto sides. (b) New cork stopper, long bone spoon of unusually slender stem, black disc, translucent dark green glass cap.
Provenance

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

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