perfume bottle
Object NameSulphide Perfume Bottle with Stopper
MakerPossibly
Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.
Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide
Date1820-1840
Place Madepossibly England, Southwark; possibly France
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
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Louis Lyons
- 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).
about 1820-1840
1830-1840
1830-1840
about 1820-1840
1830-1840