bottle

Object NameBottle and Stopper

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1860

Place Madeprobably France

Techniqueblown, cut, encased, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 13.7 cm; a) H: 12.5 cm, W: 6.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.199

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide. (a) Tall, rectangular shape; rim flat, with cut polygonal rim; neck cylindrical and ground for a stopper; shoulders rounded and facet cut; flat obverse face with cut prismatic arcs around a convex circular panel enclosing a molded sulphide of an eagle, with raised wings, with wriggling serpent in its beak, standing on oval leaves; flat sides with two relief-cut petals at the top, two relief-cut and cross-hatched leaves at the base, with prismatic cut arcs between; reverse face polished flat; base polished flat, with a large polished oval pontil mark. (b) Stopper, with flat, circular top, with cut radial grooves on top; short, tapered stem and polished, tapered shank with flat base.
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), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.