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perfume bottle
perfume bottle

perfume bottle

Object NamePerfume Bottle with Stopper
Artist Robert William Bartlett (American b. 1948)
Made FromGlass
Date1976
Place MadeUnited States, ME
TechniqueBlown
SizeOverall H: 12.3 cm, Diam (max): 7.5 cm
Accession Number2016.4.14
Credit LineGift of Elmerina and Paul Parkman
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPerfume Bottle with Stopper. Colorless, blue, white, and yellowish-green glasses; blown. (a) Thick-walled bottle with two horizontal lobes. Wall of vessel decorated with abstract (generally vertical) lines of blue and white, and several circles of red, blue, and yellow. Bottom two thirds of vessel has a milky blue cast. (b) Matching stopper with ball-shaped top.
Provenance
Former Collection Sarah Eveleth Antiques - 1975-04-19
Purchased by Paul and Elmerina Parkman for $49.92 on April 19, 1975 from Sarah Eveleth Antique, Washington, D.C. at the Glass Show in Clinton, MD
Source Elmerina Parkman (died 2024)
Purchased by Paul and Elmerina Parkman for $49.92 on April 19, 1975 from Sarah Eveleth Antique, Washington, D.C. at the Glass Show in Clinton, MD
Source Paul Parkman (1932 - 2024)
Purchased by Paul and Elmerina Parkman for $49.92 on April 19, 1975 from Sarah Eveleth Antique, Washington, D.C. at the Glass Show in Clinton, MD
Object copyright© Robert William Bartlett
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946