Scent Flask in the Shape of a Fish

Object Name: 
Scent Flask in the Shape of a Fish

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Object Name: 
Scent Flask in the Shape of a Fish
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Amblecote
Accession Number: 
2001.2.6
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.9 cm, L: 26.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1885
Primary Description: 
Translucent yellow, opaque white glass; blown, cameo-carved. A scent flask is blown of translucent yellow encased in opaque white glass, cameo-carved in the shape of a stylized carp. It is closed with a threaded, silver-gilt closure in the shape of a tail-fin.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Kaplan, Leo (d. 2013), Source
2001
Color: 
Translucent Yellow, Opaque White
Technique: 
Blown, Cameo Carved, Threaded, Silver Gilt
threading

Publications (3)

English cameo glass perfume bottles (2020) illustrated, p. 26, A20;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 44 (2002) illustrated, pp. 230-231, fig. 30; BIB# AI64571
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2001 (2002) p. 9; BIB# AI93571