snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo carved

SizeOverall H: 6.6 cm, W: 3.2 cm

Accession Number82.6.80

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

套红绿玻璃龙纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Opalescent white, transparent green, transparent, and opaque red glass; blown, cased, cameo carved. (a) Tall, flattened form, red pads on green on opalescent white; short neck with polished flat rim and opening in the top for a stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders, straight sides, the red pads cameo carved as chi dragons, on green bi disks, with green chi dragons on the sides; cameo carved green oval foot rim. (b) Domed red button (on white), mounted on a transparent orange 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