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PERFUME BOTTLE

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The perfume bottle has an egg-shaped crystal urn which is engraved around the top and rests on a pedestal foot. At the top is a gold mounting engraved with a laurel wreath topped by a crystal stopper. The bloodstone base is part of a column and rests on a rectangular plinth mounted also in gold.

Object name:
PERFUME BOTTLE
Made from:
Rock crystal -- bloodstone -- bronze
Made in:
FRANCE
Date made:
Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
Size:
9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
21.248
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973