perfume bottle
Object NamePerfume Bottle
Made FromGlass, White stone
Date599-400 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniquecore-formed, trail decorated, tooled
SizeOverall H: 9.5 cm; Rim Diam: 3 cm
Accession Number50.1.5
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent amethyst to blue-green glass, bubbly with much white stone and black scale, trails of opaque yellow and turquoise glass; core-formed, trail decorated and tooled. Rounded rim flared out almost horizontally with applied trail of yellow further highlighted with a thin trail of turquoise, wall tapers in to short cylindrical neck before spreading out into long almost cylindrical body which is slightly (larger at the bottom; from shoulder to base entire surface is carefully wound with alternating turquoise and yellow trail culminating in large globs of each color marvered into the neck; entire surface is marvered and trails are dragged alternately up and down forty- eight times; "ducks head" handles applied in amethyst; rounded bottom retains slight depression.Provenance
Former Collection
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903)
Former Collection
Mrs. H. O. Havermeyer
1400-1085 BCE
599-400 BCE
1400-1360 BCE
1350-1225 BCE
500-400 BCE