Snuff bottle

Museum number:
9-5528a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Snuff bottle; milky and red flash glass, overlay of red carved in relief design of animals, identical design on each of opposite sides; stopper of red and green stone, ivory dipper; height 3 3/8 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Glass (material) and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles, Carvings (visual works), and Snuff bottles
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5528a,b, described as Snuff bottle; milky and red flash glass, overlay of red carved in relief design of animals, identical design on each of opposite sides; stopper of red and green stone, ivory dipper; height 3 3/8 inHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5528a,b, described as Snuff bottle; milky and red flash glass, overlay of red carved in relief design of animals, identical design on each of opposite sides; stopper of red and green stone, ivory dipper; height 3 3/8 in
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5528a,b, described as Snuff bottle; milky and red flash glass, overlay of red carved in relief design of animals, identical design on each of opposite sides; stopper of red and green stone, ivory dipper; height 3 3/8 in

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