Scent Bottle

Scent Bottle

 
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Object Name: 
Scent Bottle
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Germany
Date: 
1987
Color
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colorless
Technique
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sandblasting
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engraving
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cut glass
Dimensions: 
H. 9.8 cm, W. 5 cm, Diam. 3 cm
Accession Number: 
87.3.15
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless lead glass with red and blue enamels; mold-blown blank, sandblasted, cut engraved, enameled. Stoppered diamond shape bottle; bottle sharply collared with flat, diamond shape body, sandblasted to matte finish leaving overall raised pattern of red and black dots and "S"-curved shapes, one half painted black, other half red with black stripes; no pontil, base ground flat; inscribed on base: "FS" (logo). Solid stopper cut to ovoid shape, thick edge sandblasted to matte finish with overall raised dots enameled black and red; flat sides are polished, one side intaglio engraved with beaked animal head with red and black enameled teeth.
Provenance
Galerie Gottschalk-Betz, Source
1987-03-09

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