scent bottle
Object NameScent Bottle
Makerpossibly
Baccarat
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1920
Place Madeprobably France
Techniquemold-blown, acid-etched, patinated
Accession Number71.3.157
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gillett Welles, Sr.
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, acid-etched, patinated. Tall narrow bottle, narrow high necked opening with ground and polished rim, neck is ground and has polished V-cut around middle; squared shoulder with beveled edge curving sharply into body with flattened sides, chamfered corners with raised acid-etched and patinated vertical floral motif; flat sides narrow to a point towards swelling base meeting widening corners to form diamond-shaped base; ground and polished flat, no pontil; unsigned.Provenance
Former Collection
Estate of Gillett Welles Sr.
Former Collection
Estate of Gladys C. Welles
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
