scent bottle
Object NamePseudo-ivory Scent Bottle with Floral Decoration
Decoratorpossibly
Fridolin Kretschman
(Bohemian, about 1850-1898)
Manufacturer
Thomas Webb and Sons
(f. 1837)
Made FromGlass, Enamel, Silver, Cork, Wool
Dateabout 1880-1890; 1889 (silver)
Place MadeEngland, Amblecote
TechniqueBlown, carved, painted, assembled
SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm, W: 3.6 cm, D: 2.7 cm
Accession Number2016.2.16
Credit LineGift of the Ennion Society
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionPseudo-ivory Scent Bottle with Floral Decoration. (a) Opaque white glass, brown, orange, pink, green, and yellow paint, silver; blown, carved, painted, assembled. Flattened teardrop-shaped opaque white scent bottle decorated with Asian-inspired blossoms and bamboo carved in relief (possibly the Three Friends of Winter ("Suihan Sanyou"): pine, bamboo, and plum). Decoration painted in brown, orange, pink, green, and yellow. Threaded silver collar fixed to top of bottle. (b) Undecorated flattened globular silver cap. Cork and wool fixed within top of cap.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.
Corning Inc.
about 1750
