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Sleeping

Perfume Bottle
1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Perfume bottle of clear and red glass accented with gilding in the form of a lit candle in a candlestick. The stopper of the bottle is the flame of the candle (in red glass with gilding)


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSleeping (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
moulded and gilded glass
Brief description
Perfume bottle of glass, designed by Marcel Vertès for Schiaparelli, made in France, 1939.
Physical description
Perfume bottle of clear and red glass accented with gilding in the form of a lit candle in a candlestick. The stopper of the bottle is the flame of the candle (in red glass with gilding)
Credit line
Given by Billy Boy
Object history
Registered File number 1983/2342.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.222-1986

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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