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Scent Bottle

Scent Bottle

 
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Object Name: 
Scent Bottle
Department
European
Place Made: 
probably France
Date: 
about 1820-1840
Color
Colorless, white sulphide
AAT
colorless
Technique
blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide
AAT
cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 4 cm, L: 7 cm
Accession Number: 
84.3.163
Credit Line: 
Clara S. Peck Endowment
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide. Ovoid shape; diamond faceted all over; enclosing a small molded sulphide of a man, facing sinister; reverse flat; bottom polished flat, with a paper label inscribed "1265" in ink; short, cylindrical neck, ground for a stopper; ribbed silver sleeve over the neck, with hinge plate at the back.
Provenance
Peck, Clara S., Source
1984-04-06
Lyons, Louis, Source
1984-04-06

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