Flint Crown Scent Bottle

Object Name: 
Flint Crown Scent Bottle

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Object Name: 
Flint Crown Scent Bottle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, London
Accession Number: 
2004.2.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.4 cm, Diam (max): 15.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1897
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, cut, ground and polished. Three-part scent bottle with the base representing the lower portion of a crown. The glass has 4 large panels cut completely away and the panels that remain are decorated with alternating diamond cut pattern and leaves. The inner bottle is a small cylindrical bottle that flares slightly at shoulders then narrows to a short neck and flares once again to a flat rim with a stopper in the shape of a cross "formee patee". It is decorated overall with a diamond pattern with the tips of a each diamond waffle-cut.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
C & L Burman (Works of Art) Ltd., Former Collection
2000
to
2004-03-16
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut