Snuff Bottle Imitating Rock Crystal

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Object Name:

Department

European

Place Made:

probably Scotland

Date:

about 1820-1840

Color

AAT

colorless

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Technique

Blown, Cut, Engraved

AAT

cut glass

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Dimensions:

Overall W: 8.9 cm; Rim Diam: 3.8 cm

Accession Number:

79.2.320

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jerome Strauss

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cornucopia shape, ovoid bowl, and drawn tail curled around nearly touching the bowl; cut tapered rim; band of cut nailhead diamonds, cut shield containing a crest of a pair of lovebirds, above the initials "JP", with cross-cut panels above, fan-cut panels and cross-cut leaf-shaped panels at the sides; miter step-cutting on the curved tail.

Inscription

Provenance

Strauss, Jerome, Source

1979-03-22

Exhibitions (1)

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21

West Bridge Show; traveling to The Gallery at Steuben in 2008 (cancelled 6-2008)

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