Snuff Bottle

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Snuff Bottle

Place of OriginProbably New England or New Jersey

Date1760-1790

DimensionsH: 6 1/16 in. (15.45 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 27/32 in. (7.2 cm)

MediumDeep green non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Mary Moulton Olin

Object number

1929.199

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a rectangular one-piece slightly tapered mold with chamfered corners. Cracked off, then stuck up and the neck formed by tooling. The irregular lip applied and tooled with a slight indication of a pouring spout. Faint, broad, oval pontil mark.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 430-431, pl. 228, no. 2.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 119, fig. 74.

Wilson, 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. 67, no. 1.