Snuff Bottle and Stopper

Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle and Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
China, possibly Beijing
Accession Number: 
81.6.30
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7 cm, W: 5.4 cm, Th: 1.5 cm; Rim Diam: 1.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1750-1799
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Primary Description: 
Snuff Bottle and Stopper. (a) Transparent blue glass. Flattened, ovoid shape, cut overall with two intertwined modified dragon forms, part of a tail continuing at bottom to form a base ring, straight neck, level rim. (b) Cork stopper, chipped to fit, very short brown color stained ivory spoon, no disc, carved coral cap with pinkish areas unpolished.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Mayer, Marian Swayze (d. 1982), Source
1981-12-22
Category: 
Asian
Color: 
blue
brown
pink
Technique: 
cutting
carving
Material: 
glass
cork
ivory
coral

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 99, #37; BIB# AI9252
Glass Snuff Bottles from China from the Mayer Collection (1980) #26; BIB# 30686