perfume bottle

Object NameSulphide Perfume Bottle with Stopper

MakerMarked Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1830

Place MadeEngland, London, Southwark

Techniqueblown, cut, encased, molded, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 11.3 cm, W: 8.4 cm

Accession Number84.2.30

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide. (a) Bulbous, ovoid shape; flared rim with diamond-faceted thick rim; short flaring neck, ground for a stopper; scratched "15" inside the neck; panel-cut shoulders; cut ledge; polished oval panel enclosing a molded sulphide plaque of a seated female angel, writing on a large tablet; reverse flat, impressed "Pellatt & Green, / Patentees, LONDON."; sides, back and base covered with finely cut strawberry diamonds. (b) Convex, circular shape, covered with finely cut strawberry diamonds; waisted, panel-cut stem; tapered, polished shank with polished base, with scratched "15" on the end.
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).