Silver Clad Glass Pinch Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Silver Clad Glass Pinch Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Silver Clad Glass Pinch Bottle with Stopper
Place Made: 
China
Accession Number: 
2010.6.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.8 cm, W: 11.4 cm, D: 11.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Holly C. Eggert
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; mold- blown, tooled, applied; pierced and engraved silver. Colorless tri-corner pinch bottle covered with silver in the pattern of a tree branch and many blossoms. Stopper has a thin stem and flat circular top, the shank of the stopper is cork.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Eggert, Gerald M., Source
2010-03-10
Technique: 
mold-blown
tooling
applied
piercing
engraving
Material: 
glass
silver
cork
Inscription: 
CHINA
inscription
: 
Stamped On underside of silver along the egde of the foot
CHINA
inscription
: 
Scratch engraved On underside of glass bottle