Scent bottle stopper

Description

Detachable stopper of clear colourless glass with depressed spherical handle, for a scent bottle of clear colourless cut glass with an applied translucent purplish-red medallion engraved with the head of a bearded man, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: Bohemian, c. 1815 - 1840

Museum reference

A.1971.352 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle stopper

Production information

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1815 - 1840

Materials

Glass

Physical description

Clear colourless glass with depressed spherical handle

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection

Exhibitions

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland