Perfume Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper
Place Made: 
United States, MA
Accession Number: 
68.4.503
Dimensions: 
(a) H(with stopper): 16.6 cm, (without): 12.8 cm, D(base): 6.1 cm; (b) H: 6.1c m, D(top): 2.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1860
Primary Description: 
(a) Opaque jade green glass; pressed. Hexagonal shape; everted rim; straight neck, ground on inside; nearly flat shoulder; six panels around body, three with a star and a circle, three with an oval containing a star; short stem; round flat base with a polished pontil mark off-center; (b) opaque jade green glass; pressed. Hexagonal shape; flat top; round stem.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Hall, Alice, Former Collection
Color: 
Opaque jade green
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 247, #966; BIB# 30457