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snuff bottle

Translation仿瑪瑙玻璃鼻煙壺

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Maker Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone

Date1800-1850

Place MadeChina, Beijing

TechniqueBlown, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 6 cm, W: 4.8 cm, Th: 1.3 cm; Rim Diam: 1.6 cm

Accession Number81.6.5

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

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Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

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仿玛瑙玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (仿瑪瑙玻璃鼻煙壺). Transparent brown and opaque white glass, black, coral cork, bone; blown, cold-worked. (a) Transparent brown glass, areas of opaque white; ovoid, broad shoulder, short neck flaring to level rim, oval base ring. Mark incised on base: "慎德堂 Shende tang (Hall of the Cultivations of Virtue)". (b) Ill-fitting new cork stopper, bone spoon, black disc, hemispherical coral cup.
Provenance

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

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