Bottle, Toilet
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Toilet
- Object ID:
- 1959.043.04 a-b
- Creator:
- Tiffany & Co.
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Double toilet bottle. Colorless blown and cut glass. Cylindrical body with ten cut panels around exterior. Flat shoulders and wide cylindrical neck. Pressed silver-plated brass caps with "M A E" cypher engraved on tops, one hinged and one threaded. "G B" in oval horizontal touch mark on side of hinged cap collar. Case: Horizontal hinged case with tooled brown leather covering and blue silk and velvet lining. "TIFFANY & Co. / UNION SQUARE" stamped in gold leaf on interior or cover.
Object register:
a. bottle
b. case - Material:
- Glass
Leather
Brass
Silver
Silk
velvet - Dimensions:
- W-5.1 D-1.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally belonged to Mary Ascension Elkin.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion A. Elkin
- Subjects:
- Glassblowing, Glass industry, Bottles, Perfumes
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