snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Bone

Date1895-1913

TechniqueBlown, cold-worked, inside painted

SizeOverall H: 7.7 cm, W: 4.5 cm, D: 2.6 cm

Accession Number2000.6.4

Credit LineBequest of Caroline L. Jossem in memory of her husband, Bert Jossem

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮玻璃内画人物风景鼻烟壶

Place Made

China, Shandong; possibly Republic of China

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon. (a) Colorless glass; blown, cold-worked, inside painted; (b) Lid, translucent blue glass; bone; (a) flattened ovoid shape with cylindrical neck; low oval foot; decorated with mountainscape on one side and old man seated on rock in landscape with child on other; stopper domed blue shape with short bone (?) spoon glued and taped to T; two stylized cold-worked faces/masks with open mouths on short sides.
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