Smelling Bottle

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Object Name: 
Smelling Bottle
Place Made: 
probably United States
possibly England
Accession Number: 
84.4.358
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.3 cm, L: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1780-1820
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Deep green lead (?) glass; mold-blown. Ovoid shape with heavy spiral ribbing around body and up to neck; rough pontil mark on base.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
deep green
Technique: 
mold-blown