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

Perfume Bottle with Stopper

Manufacturer Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, founded 1764)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1848

MediumCut glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

InscribedSigned: "Andrieu" in sulphide.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6707

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 30

DescriptionPerfume bottle and stopper. Perfume Bottle is clear cut ovoid oval with an incrusted ceramic sulphide of Napoleon I from a medal by Andrieu. Octagonal cut neck and rim. Diamond point sides and daisy and button back. Octagonal panel foot and a scalloped cut rim from deep radial cut bottom. Large nick on top of foot. Stopper is matching clear solid glass. Diamond cut, then radial cuts forming a pointed finial.

Published ReferencesPaul Dunlap, _The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation_, fig. 119, pg. 50, also fig. 103, pg. 46.