Perfume Bottle

Tiffany & Co.|Paulding Farnham

ca. 1893 · Gold, agate, yellow sapphires, demantoid garnets, red garnets, and amethyst · The American Wing

The agate body of this perfume bottle was carved to resemble honeycomb, while the gold and silver ornament depicting bees and honeysuckle flowers continues the theme. Originally, a conical yellow sapphire adorned the top of the lid. The report by the French ministry of commerce on Tiffany’s display at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago highlighted this bottle as a particularly fine and original example of the firm’s oeuvre.

Artist

Tiffany & Co.|Paulding Farnham

Date

ca. 1893

Medium

Gold, agate, yellow sapphires, demantoid garnets, red garnets, and amethyst

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of The Duchesse de Mouchy, 1965