scent bottle
Object NameCameo Scent Bottle with Fruit
Manufacturer
Thomas Webb and Sons
(f. 1837)
Manufacturer(metal)
Tiffany and Company
(1837-present)
Made FromGlass, Metal
Dateabout 1880-1900
Place MadeEngland, Amblecote
TechniqueCased, blown, carved, chased, assembled
SizeOverall H: 7.6 cm, W: 5.2 cm, D: 3.4 cm
Accession Number2016.2.12
Credit LineGift of the Ennion Society
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionCameo Scent Bottle with Fruit. Translucent light amber and white glasses, gold-toned metal; cased, blown, carved, assembled. Flattened globular white on translucent light amber glass scent bottle. Bottle decorated with a pair of pears on branch with leaves on one side and a pair of unidentified round fruit (possibly plums) on branch with leaves on other side. Flat base outlined with twining branch. Gold-toned metal neck with two chased arms extending down shoulder of bottle; four-lobed cap decorated with small flowers hinged to neck. Circular glass disk set within cap.Provenance
Source
Susan Kaplan Jacobson
- 2016-09-09
Susie Kaplan Jacobson’s collection of cameo bottles began around the age of 10. From her art-dealer parents and other family friends, she received small bottles as presents for her birthday, Hanukkah, and other celebratory occasions during the 1960s and 70s. 2016.2.5, the small round white-on-red bottle, was the first. While Kaplan Jacobson is not certain of the provenance of every bottle, she recalls that one of the Barbe bottles (2016.2.7 or 2016.2.8) came from Ray Grover in Florida, and 2016.2.10 was purchased from an unknown dealer at the New Haven Antiques Show. Searches for “cameo”, “Webb,” and “Woodall” in the Getty Provenance Index databases and on the Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg yielded no matching or likely objects with problematic Nazi-era histories.
Susie Kaplan Jacobson’s collection of cameo bottles began around the age of 10. From her art-dealer parents and other family friends, she received small bottles as presents for her birthday, Hanukkah, and other celebratory occasions during the 1960s and 70s. 2016.2.5, the small round white-on-red bottle, was the first. While Kaplan Jacobson is not certain of the provenance of every bottle, she recalls that one of the Barbe bottles (2016.2.7 or 2016.2.8) came from Ray Grover in Florida, and 2016.2.10 was purchased from an unknown dealer at the New Haven Antiques Show. Searches for “cameo”, “Webb,” and “Woodall” in the Getty Provenance Index databases and on the Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg yielded no matching or likely objects with problematic Nazi-era histories.
about 1800-1911
