snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Ivory, Cork

Date1730-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, carved

SizeOverall H: 6.6 cm, W: 5 cm

Accession Number82.6.77

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

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Modern
Early Modern

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

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亮绿玻璃龙纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent dark green and brilliant purple glass, black disk, cork, ivory; blown, carved. (a) Flattened, roughly circular form; with short cylindrical neck, the faces polished flat; the rounded sides with relief- carved dragon, their tails curving at the base to form a foot rim. (b) Domed brilliant purple, very bubbly glass (?), mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with slender handle and pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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

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