scent bottle
Object NameCameo Scent Bottle with Ivy, in Original Presentation Box
Makerpossibly
Thomas Woodall
(English, 1849-1926)
Makerpossibly
George Woodall
(English, 1850-1925)
Manufacturer
Thomas Webb and Sons
(f. 1837)
Made FromGlass, Silver, Cork, Wood, Leather, Velvet
Dateabout 1888
Place MadeEngland, Amblecote
TechniqueCased, blown, carved, assembled
Size(ab) Scent Bottle with Cap H: 6.6 cm, W: 4.4 cm, D: 2.5 cm; (c) Original Box H: 5.5 cm, W: 8.9 cm, D: 10.4 cm
Accession Number2016.2.11
Credit LineGift of the Ennion Society
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive NotesThis ivy leaf bottle is shown in its original sales box, labelled “From the Galleries of Art Ceramics and Glass” in Melbourne, Australia. The Webb firm won a gold medal at the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition.
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 1725-1750
about 1725-1750
