Smelling bottle

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Smelling bottle

Entry/Object ID

PM.60.123

Description

Bottle, or flask, lemon-shaped with 8 panels with engraved figures of people: each panel bears chased engraving figure of lady or man, ladies, a nun, gallants, and a woodsman, in Elizabethan costume; at top and bottom, anthemia; at top, egg and dart motifs; screw cap, domed with floral repousse decoration and rings.

Collection

Philipsburg Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1700 - 1733

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SN. 4515

Dimensions

Dimension Description

w. rings

Length

3-3/4 in

Diameter

2-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (9.5 x 5.4 cm)

Material

Steel or pewter

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13C