Cameo Scent Bottle with Fuchsia Flowers

Object Name: 
Cameo Scent Bottle with Fuchsia Flowers

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Object Name: 
Cameo Scent Bottle with Fuchsia Flowers
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
2016.2.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.1 cm, Diam (max): 3.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1880-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Ennion Society
Primary Description: 
Cameo Scent Bottle with Fuchsia Flowers. (a) Translucent blue and white glasses, gold-toned metal; cased, blown, carved, assembled. Ovoid white on translucent blue glass scent bottle. Bottle decorated with drooping fuchsia flowers, leaves, and twining branches overall. Threaded gold-toned metal collar fixed to top of bottle. (b) Crown-shaped gold-toned metal cap with floral decoration. Cork fixed within top of cap.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Jacobson, Susan Kaplan, Source
2016-09-09
Material: 
Inscription: 
x11444
inscription
Scratched (a) on top of metal collar
English cameo glass perfume bottles (2020) illustrated, p. 82, O22, O23;
Acquisitions (2017) illustrated, pp. 26-27 (#18); BIB# AI103665
English Cameo Glass (1980) illustrated, p. 264, fig. C207; BIB# 20952