scent bottle

Object NameHeart-Shaped Scent Bottle

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1680-1730

TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, W: 6.7 cm, D: 2.7 cm

Accession Number2004.3.16

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with slight greyish tinge, with embedded pieces of purple, blue, green, mosaic, and aventurine glass; blown, applied. Bottle of flattened piriform shape with curled tip; sub-conical neck with fire-polished rim. Applied to the sides notched ribbons of colorless glass. Embedded pieces of glass: Aventurine, consisting of dust-size copper flakes in a yellow-green matrix; white, purple, yellow and blue mosaic glass; and plain drops of purple, green, and blue glass.
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