Not currently on display at the V&A

Scent Bottle

1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Scent bottle of free blown and cut glass. The bottle is a clear glass curved form, resembling a tail, with saw-edges along the top in green glass leading to a black glass rounded 'tail-end'. The stopper is a yellow glass disk. This curved form sits on a large angled foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stopper
  • Form
Materials and techniques
Free-blown and cut glass
Brief description
Glass scent Bottle with stopper, made by David Taylor at The Glasshouse, London, 1991
Physical description
Scent bottle of free blown and cut glass. The bottle is a clear glass curved form, resembling a tail, with saw-edges along the top in green glass leading to a black glass rounded 'tail-end'. The stopper is a yellow glass disk. This curved form sits on a large angled foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
  • Width: 38.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'David Taylor 1394 GH91' (1) Signature; incised)
Object history
Shown at the Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London, December 1991.
Collection
Accession number
C.36:2-1992

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2000
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