Snuff Bottle and Stopper Spoon

Object Name:

Department

European

Place Made:

China

Color

AAT

colorless

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- Color (ref)
  - color (ref)
    - colorless (ref)

Technique

Blown, Carved, Reverse Painted

AAT

carving

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  - carving (ref)

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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