snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Maker Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Metal, Gilding, Cork

Date1736-1795

Place MadeChina, Beijing

TechniqueBlown, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, W: 3.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.35

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Snuff bottles of the Ch'ing dynasty

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

绿色涅玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Opaque light green glass; blown, cold-worked. (a) Ovoid form; short, flared neck, the rim polished flat, with an opening on top for a stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders and sides; bulbous faces; cold-worked oval foot rim. (b) Metal button on top, with relief decoration of a lotus flower button tip, and raised bats (?) below, with flared, ropework-decorated rim; tapered cork shank; ivory spoon with slender handle and oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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