Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
China, Beijing
Accession Number: 
81.6.12
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.3 cm, W: 6 cm, Th: 3.9 cm; Rim Diam: 2.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1862-1874
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Web Description: 
亮蓝玻璃描金花卉纹鼻烟壶

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mayer, Marian Swayze (d. 1982), Source
1981-12-22
Color: 
(a) Translucent greenish-blue
Technique: 
carving
gilding
Inscription: 
同治年制 Tongzhi Nianzhi
inscription
: 
base

Description

Primary Description: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper. (a) Translucent greenish-blue glass, gold enamel; circular form; short wide neck, level rim, level oval base, each face with three facets and decorated with gold-enameled floral forms within a ring of gold, thick sides with three facets each and decorated with gold floral forms, continuing over shoulders and neck, on base incised and gilded inscription " 同治年制Tongzhi Nianzhi" reign mark. (b) New cork stopper, spoon of very dark brown, lightly polished wood, gilt metal disc, gilt-filigree cap.

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) #8; BIB# 30686