Stopper

Museum number:
7-9533
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Decorated home bar bottle stopper made of cast metal, die stamping, and cork. Bottle stopper; cast metal figure of Cupid carrying bird (?) screwed into cork bottle stopper, "Italy" printed on base of cork, nickel plated brass retaining ring between cork and figure.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:
Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Italy
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoppers (container components)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stopper, accession number 7-9533, described as Decorated home bar bottle stopper made of cast metal, die stamping, and cork. Bottle stopper; cast metal figure of Cupid carrying bird (?) screwed into cork bottle stopper, "Italy" printed on base of cork, nickel plated brass retaining ring between cork and figure.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stopper, accession number 7-9533, described as Decorated home bar bottle stopper made of cast metal, die stamping, and cork. Bottle stopper; cast metal figure of Cupid carrying bird (?) screwed into cork bottle stopper, "Italy" printed on base of cork, nickel plated brass retaining ring between cork and figure.

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