Pungent or Smelling Bottle
Pungent or Smelling Bottle
Place of OriginEngland or United States
Date1780-1820
Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Mediumopaque white glass canes with colorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1917.238
Not on View
DescriptionSixteen opaque white canes embedded between two layers of colorless glass.
Blown and tooled to sea-horse shape. Applied colorless bands of rigaree decoration. Rim fire-polished.
Made of the same glass and in the same manner as Cat. No. 30.
Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 107, no. 31.
1780-1820
1780-1820
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
19th or 20th century
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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