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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Translation亮玻璃點子葫蘆式鼻煙壺

Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory, Stone

Date1750-1820

Place MadeChina

Techniqueblown

SizeOverall H: 8.4 cm, W: 4.3 cm, D: 3.1 cm; Rim Diam: 1.6 cm

Accession Number81.6.19

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮玻璃点子葫芦式鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper (亮玻璃點子葫蘆式鼻煙壺). (a) Transparent colorless glass, allover splotches of opaque gray-blue; blown. Double-gourd shape, plain short neck flaring to flat rim, plain flat circular base, no pontil mark. (b) Narrow ill-fitting cork stopper, new ivory spoon, shallow ivory (?) disc, cap of opaque white stone with similar striations, finial missing.
Provenance

Source Marian Swayze Mayer (d. 1982) - 1981-12-22

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