Cologne Bottle with Stopper in "Pillars and Roses" Pattern

Object Name: 
Cologne Bottle with Stopper in "Pillars and Roses" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Cologne Bottle with Stopper in "Pillars and Roses" Pattern
Accession Number: 
85.4.17
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1904-1920
Credit Line: 
Gift of Estelle F. Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Cologne Bottle with Stopper in "Pillars and Roses" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved, silver deposit on stopper. (a) Globular shape with sixteen vertical "pillars" rising from base half way up sides; alternating pillars are plain; others are engraved, along with rest of body in an overall design of roses; neck is paneled; flat base has polished pontil mark and row of engraved circles; engraving is polished; "71" scratched underneath. (b) Stopper is mushroom shaped and covered with silver; "8" engraved on end of shank.
Department: 
Pattern Name: 
Pillars and Roses
Provenance: 
Farrar, Estelle Sinclaire (Mrs. Frederic) (American, 1919-2001), Source
1985-04-16
Category: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
71
inscription
Scratched (a) underneath
8
inscription
Engraved (b) end of shank
83a
label
Affixed base
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1977-04 through 1977-10
Toledo Museum of Art 1977-11 through 1978-02
The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning (1979) illustrated, p. 205, fig. 558; BIB# 28811
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940 (1977) illustrated, pp. 52, 57, 92, fig. 62, no. 83; BIB# 28368