scent bottle
Object NameCameo Scent Bottle with Swan and Dragonfly
Carver(carving)
Harry A. Davies
(English, 1862-1937)
Manufacturer
Thomas Webb and Sons
(f. 1837)
Made FromGlass, Silver, Cork
Dateabout 1880-1900; 1889 (silver)
Place MadeEngland, Amblecote
TechniqueCased, blown, carved, assembled
SizeOverall H: 8.3 cm, W: 4.9 cm, D: 2.9 cm
Accession Number2016.2.15
Credit LineGift of the Ennion Society
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive NotesHarry A. Davies (English, 1862–1937) was a member of the Gem Cameo team and worked on the five-layered Great Tazza on display nearby. He must have been especially proud of this detailed bottle: he carved his initials in the water below the swan.
Provenance
Source
Susan Kaplan Jacobson
- 2016-09-09
Susie Kaplan Jacobson’s collection of cameo bottles began around the age of 10. From her art-dealer parents and other family friends, she received small bottles as presents for her birthday, Hanukkah, and other celebratory occasions during the 1960s and 70s. 2016.2.5, the small round white-on-red bottle, was the first. While Kaplan Jacobson is not certain of the provenance of every bottle, she recalls that one of the Barbe bottles (2016.2.7 or 2016.2.8) came from Ray Grover in Florida, and 2016.2.10 was purchased from an unknown dealer at the New Haven Antiques Show. Searches for “cameo”, “Webb,” and “Woodall” in the Getty Provenance Index databases and on the Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg yielded no matching or likely objects with problematic Nazi-era histories.
Susie Kaplan Jacobson’s collection of cameo bottles began around the age of 10. From her art-dealer parents and other family friends, she received small bottles as presents for her birthday, Hanukkah, and other celebratory occasions during the 1960s and 70s. 2016.2.5, the small round white-on-red bottle, was the first. While Kaplan Jacobson is not certain of the provenance of every bottle, she recalls that one of the Barbe bottles (2016.2.7 or 2016.2.8) came from Ray Grover in Florida, and 2016.2.10 was purchased from an unknown dealer at the New Haven Antiques Show. Searches for “cameo”, “Webb,” and “Woodall” in the Getty Provenance Index databases and on the Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg yielded no matching or likely objects with problematic Nazi-era histories.
Former Collection
Leo Kaplan
(d. 2013)
