Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Barnett, Etta Moten, American, 1901 - 2004
Date
ca. 1930
Medium
glass
Dimensions
H x W x D (a: bottle): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (9.5 × 8.5 × 7 cm)
H x W x D (b: stopper): 4 13/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (12.3 × 4 × 0.4 cm)
Description
This is a glass perfume bottle (a) and stopper (b). The clear glass bottle (a) is diamond shaped. It has a short slender round neck that leads to a sloping diamond-shaped shoulder with vertical ridges in the glass. The body of the bottle then divides into four faux ‘columns’, one at each corner of the diamond-shape. Each column has its own flaring foot. The clear glass stopper (b) is tall and fits into the neck of the bottle. It has a tall, narrow fluted fan projecting from the plug. The fan is asymmetrical with some of the fan spines longer than other. Two of the fan spines have horizontal ridges on them.
Place used
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Etta Moten Barnett Archive
Classification
Accessories and Personal Effects
Type
perfume bottles
Topic
Activism
Actors
Broadway Theatre
Cosmetics
Singers (Musicians)
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
A2022.13.1.8ab
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bb7383e0-c55b-464f-b41d-ee4c1334a0cb

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