Toilet bottle
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Cristalleries des Saint-Louis
(French)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1853
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
InscribedSticker: "RMAR-$250.00".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4374
Not on view
DescriptionToilet bottle and stopper. TOILET BOTTLE: Of blue opaline glass. Hexagonal melon shape with a short neck and a rippled rim. Three of the melon sections seem cobblestone-like and alternate with three other smooth decorated sections. Outlined with gilt. Gilt band on the rim and around the base. STOPPER: Of white opaline glass in the shape of an open flower. The center is gilt. See yellow one, GEFS.64.3.Published ReferencesAmic, L'OPALINE FRANCAISE, fig. 16, #28, pg. 98.
Compagnie des Cristalleries des Saint-Louis
ca. 1845-1855
Pair/Pair