There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the tag drawing, perfume, product design, scent, senses, smell.

See more objects with the color grey saddlebrown darkslategrey dimgrey dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Designs for Glass Scent Bottles

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gouache, gold paint over graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Lincoln Johnson. It is credited Gift of Virginia Hamill.

  • Smell Lab, Smell Lab
  • bottles, printed labels, smell analysis papers.
  • Courtesy of Sissel Tolaas and IFF.
  • s-e-1877

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 43.2 x 29.4 cm (17 in. x 11 9/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, recto: style numbers of each of the six bottles; verso: style numbers of each of the six bottles

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for Glass Scent Bottles; pen and brown ink, brush and gouache, gold paint over graphite on cream wove paper; Sheet: 43.2 x 29.4 cm (17 in. x 11 9/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Virginia Hamill; 1953-82-1

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18398851/ |title=Drawing, Designs for Glass Scent Bottles |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=23 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>