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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Ivory, Cork

Date1750-1820

Techniqueblown, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 4.1 cm

Accession Number82.6.47

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Place Made

China

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon. Pale opalescent white bubbly snowflake, translucent pink, blue and light green non-lead glass; blown, pad overlays, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, with short neck, the rim polished flat, with an opening on top for a stopper and spoon; the body a bubbly opalescent white, with pads of colored glass, cameo- carved as a series of six writhing dragons, each of a single color; carved blue foot rim formed as the head and neck of one dragon. (b) Tapered, domed blue glass button top; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with slender handle and pointed spatulate bowl.
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