snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Cork

Date1730-1850

Place MadeChina

Techniqueblown, cut

SizeOverall H: 6.9 cm, Diam: 3.3 cm

Accession Number82.6.89

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮红玻璃旋纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Transparent ruby-red glass, stone, light green ivory, cork; blown, cut. (a) Tall, ovoid form; short, waisted neck with flat rim and circular hole for a stopper; cut spirally grooved sides, with wide rounded grooves alternating with narrow rounded grooves; polished flat base. (b) Labradorite (?) disk cap, mounted on a thin light green-stained ivory (?) disk; cork stopper; slender ivory spoon with pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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