New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Snuff bottle with stopper

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese

Date1750-1800

MediumBlown and carved glass with coral and ivory

Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 in. (5.7 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Henry B. Caldwell

Object number75.76.1

Collections

Glass Art

On View

On view

DescriptionSnuff bottle & stopper. BOTTLE: Crystal round, flat snuff bottle. Standing on a short oval foot ring & having a tubular neck. Decorated on the ends with three interlaced rings in low relief. Slightly reddish-smokey crystal. STOPPER: Coral red stopper.

Published ReferencesDiane C. Wright (editor), _Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 62-3.