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Primary Description:
Snuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon. Translucent light blue “snowflake” glass, dark blue, yellow, red, green non-lead glass; blown, pad overlays, cameo carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form; with short, slightly flared neck, the rim ground flat, with an opening on the top for a stopper and spoon; the body of white-speckled light blue glass, with pad overlays cameo-carved in a series of five dragons, each of a single color, two of them with Ganoderma in the mouth; stylized rocks and foliage below; carved oval green foot rim. (b) Domed circular button of pale blue glass on top, mirror backed, and minutely faceted at the edge; mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with slender handle and thick oval spatulate bowl.
Exhibitions (1)

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03
Publications (7)
La escultura en vidrio (2017)
illustrated, p. 142 (fig. 3.41, center);
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 98, third from left;
BIB# 68214
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993)
illustrated, p. 13, #21, third from left;
BIB# 35681