Collection Highlights
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Perfume bottle
Object name
Perfume bottle
Date
1870-1900
Medium
Glass, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 7.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass mold-blown perfume bottle, with metal rim and collar; sides cut with sunburst and gemstone pattern, bottom cut with sunburst pattern; colorless glass stopper nested into collar of bottle; metal cap with hinge attaching top to collar and brass-plated inside, heavily ornamented with scrolled decoration; tiny figure of lion and other motif stamped on inside of cap, possibly maker's mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number
1948.315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
