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scent bottle

Object NameScent Bottle

Made FromGlass, sulphide, silver

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place Madeprobably Netherlands

Techniqueblown, encased, cut, molded sulphide,stamped metal

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm, W: 5.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.161

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped metal mount. Domed, circular shape, with a convex octagonal panel on the front, enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man, facing slightly dexter, wearing an admiral's hat, and military uniform, inscribed in blue script, below, "B. D. H. Chasse."; reverse flat, impressed "MT"; sides with bands of prismatic cutting and rounded ribbing above and below; back with four table-cut squares with eight strawberry diamonds adjoining; base a cut oval; small cylindrical neck ground for a stopper, with a silver ribbed sleeve, hinged domed and ribbed cover.
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).