snuff bottle
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Monotone cameo-glass, ruby red; carved with eight precious emblems of good fortune; wheel of law, conch shell, umbrella canopy, lotus flower, pair of fish, endless knot. Flattened globose shape. Stopper of green glass simulating jade and set on pale red glass. Ivory spoon.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- 1821–51
- Accession Number
- 1931-64-49-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- glasswares
- Decorative Arts
- snuff bottle
- Medium
- glass, ivory (spoon)
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 5.9 cm (2 1/2 x 2 5/16 in. )
- made in
- China
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-64-49-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44351f8d9-8729-4a11-8ffc-25c4c9baa43d
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