Worth - 1, Dans la Nuit

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Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper
Title: 
Worth - 1, Dans la Nuit
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Wingen-sur-Moder
Accession Number: 
91.3.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.8 cm, Diam: 5.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of David J. Weinstein
Primary Description: 
Colorless, matte cobalt glass; Mold-blown bottle, mold-pressed stopper. Small spherical bottle with pattern of raised colorless stars against matte blue background; pressed colorless stopper in form of vertical disc (inscribed on shank base 609), ground edges, on one flat side raised lower case letters: dans/la/nuit, right side has raised cresent, back is enameled blue except for area behind crescent, short solid ground shank; bottle has short, lipped columnar neck ground flat; spherical body, slightly concave matte base; no pontil; base inscribed with cursive letter "L"/609".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Weinstein, David J., Source
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Colorless, matte cobalt
colorless
Technique: 
mold blown bottle, pressed stopper, acid-etched