scent bottle

Object NameScent Bottle with Stopper

Silversmith Elias Adam (German, 1669-1745)

Made FromGlass, Silver, Gilding

Dateabout 1708-1710

Place Madepossibly Southern Germany (glass); Germany, Augsburg (mounts)

TechniqueFree-blown, engraved, gilded

SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm; Body Diam: 8 cm; Base Diam: 10.5 cm

Accession Number59.3.46

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent gold ruby, with few impurities and minute bubbles. Blown, engraved; gilded silver mounts raised, chased, cast. Scent bottle. Pear-shaped body with applied sloping foot or foot-ring
(hidden by mounts), engraved with narrow pattern of intertwined tendrils and branches with blossoms, with three birds perched along central line; above this, roughly executed wreath with triple leaves. Mounts:
raised, gadrooned band and serrated edge enclose foot of glass vessel; on top, collar attached to rim with screw top that was cast with gadrooned shoulder and (later?) applied rosettes on top. Mount on foot
has Augsburg silver mark and initials “E A.”
Provenance

Source Collector's Corner (NYC)