Memory Bottle with Harmonica and Razor

Creator Name

Unidentified

Cultural Context

Date

1920s, 1900s

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum;

Smithsonian Institution

Work details

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Title

Memory Bottle with Harmonica and Razor

Creator

Unidentified, Artist

Worktype

Sculpture; Folk Art; Folk art

Cultural Context

Material

glass bottle with composition dough embedded with metal, plastic, glass, and wood objects, gilded with bronze paint

Dimensions

12 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. diam. (31.3 x 16.1 cm. diam.)

Technique

Language

Date

1920s, 1900s;
Date: early 20th century

Provenance

Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum;

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Subjects

Allegory\other\memory; Object\tool; Object\furniture\clock; Object\weapon\gun; Object\musical instrument\harmonica; Clocks and watches; Musical instruments; Harmonica; Weapons; Memory; Tools; Allegory; Firearms; Furnishings

Topic

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