snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Stone, Metal, Ivory, Silver, Cork

Date1750-1830

TechniqueBlown, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 6.6 cm, W: 4.4 cm

Accession Number82.6.86

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

仿翡翠玻璃鼻烟壶

Place Made

China

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Translucent bright green glass in imitation of jadeite, orange and green stone, metal, ivory, silver, cork; blown, cold-worked. (a) Rounded, ovoid form, with short cylindrical neck, polished flat on top, with an opening for a stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders and sides, and bulbous faces; cold-worked oval foot rim. (b) Domed orange stone cap (carnelian) with a tiny bright green button of malachite on top; set in a silver cap, with ropework at the rim; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with slender handle and pointed oval spatulate bowl.
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