Snuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon

Snuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon

 
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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon
Department
European
Place Made: 
China
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
carving
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.6 cm, W: 4.1 cm, D: 2.2 cm
Accession Number: 
2000.6.3
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Caroline L. Jossem in memory of her husband, Bert Jossem
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
a) Colorless glass; blown, carved, reverse painted; b) Stone, cork, bone (?); assembled; a) flattened spherical shape with cylindrical neck and oval low foot decorated on interior with mountainscape on one side and flower with leaves and branches on other; b) domed stopper of green, white an brown striated stone (?); bone (?) spoon attaches to cork with glues to lid/stopper.
Provenance
Jossem Estate, Caroline L., Source
2000-07-26

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