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

Decanter with stopper

Manufacturer Pauly et Cie

CultureItalian? | Bohemian? | Czechoslovakian?

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)

InscribedPaper seal: "Pauly & Co.". Seal removed when inspected 1/80.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6375

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 56

DescriptionCologne bottle and stopper. BOTTLE: Clear cut with twelve facets and three graduating steps. Wedding cake-like. Decorated with silver (mirror-like) triangles at every other facet, outlined with red. Art Moderne style. STOPPER: Matching clear cylinder of eight facets and four smaller decorations.

Published ReferencesArwas. _Glass_. 1987, pg. 254, in 1920 merged with Compagnia di Venezia e Murano.