perfume bottle

Object NameSulphide Perfume Bottle with Stopper

MakerPossibly Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Date1820-1840

Techniqueblown, encased, cut, enameled, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 6.5 cm

Accession Number84.2.28

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

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Place Made

possibly England, Southwark; possibly France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, enameled white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, enameled sulphide. (a) Low, circular shape; flat rim with cut radial grooves, cylindrical neck ground for a stopper; bulbous, circular bottle with a narrow band of tiny cut strawberry diamonds, sides with cut convex ovals on panels; base with a wide band of tiny strawberry diamonds; polished concave pontil mark. (b) Flat, circular shape; top with a polished, concave, circular window, with a narrow band of cut cross-hatched diamonds encircling it; enclosing a small, flat, circular sulphide plaque with miniature enameled floral bouquet (a viola, rose, and blue, orange, and violet flowers and leaves) ringed by a blue line; reverse plain; short, cylindrical stem above a tapered, rough-ground shank with polished end.
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