Smelling Bottle with Cap

Object Name: 
Smelling Bottle with Cap

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Object Name: 
Smelling Bottle with Cap
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
95.4.199
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1850-about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. & A. Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Medium blue non-lead glass, white metal; blown in a full-size mold; metal screw cap. Hexagonal, with molded screw threads on neck; six plain sides; mold mark diagonally across base; trace of tooling on base; (b) metal screw cap.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Webster, Donald, Source
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
medium blue
Technique: 
blown in a full-size mold