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1931

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2015

2025

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Scent Bottle

This is a Scent bottle. We acquired it in 1931. Its medium is shagreen. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

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

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.3 x 6.3 x 2 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Scent Bottle; shagreen; H x W x D: 7.3 x 6.3 x 2 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-86-117-a/c

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