Perfume Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
probably Bohemia
Accession Number: 
50.3.20
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 7.6 cm; (a) Bottle H: 5.1 cm, Diam (max): 6.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1899
Primary Description: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper. Multicolored lead glass; millefiore canes, free-blown. Colors predominantly blues and greens with some red, white and yellows. Circular "button" body, slightly tapering neck with narrow flange. Circular stopper, flattened on top, tapering to neck.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Davis, Cecil, Former Collection
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
multicolored
Technique: 
glassblowing
millefiori glass
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (2)

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1978-04-26 through 1978-10-21
Title Unknown (Rich's)
Venue(s)
Rich's Inc. 1948-10 through 1948-10
 

Publications (3)

Corning: Un Musee de verre Unique au Minde (1990) p. 41;
Antiques: Traditional Techniques of the Master Craftsmen (1986) illustrated, p. 79; BIB# 23613
The Story of Glass (1953) illustrated, plate 12-13 (fig. a); BIB# 25461