scent bottle
Object NameCameo Scent Bottle with Globular Flowers
Manufacturer
Thomas Webb and Sons
(f. 1837)
Manufacturer(silver)
Jane Brownett & Alexander Jones
Made FromGlass, Silver, Metal
Dateabout 1880-1900
Place MadeEngland, Amblecote
TechniqueCased, blown, carved, assembled
SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, W: 5.2 cm, D: 2.9 cm
Accession Number2016.2.6
Credit LineGift of the Ennion Society
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionCameo Scent Bottle with Globular Flowers. Translucent deep amber and white glasses, silver; cased, blown, carved, assembled. Flattened gourd-shaped white on translucent deep amber cameo scent bottle. Bottle decorated with one large globular floral bloom on each side (possibly hydrangeas or peonies) and leaves stemming from a twining branch. Silver neck with hinged undecorated hemispherical cap fixed to top of bottle. Metal coil set within cap; circular colorless glass disk fixed within top of cap behind metal coil.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.
about 1815-1835
about 1815-1835
