Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.038.022 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Smelling |
Title |
Smelling Salts Vial |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
19th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom?/Scotland, United Kingdom? |
Description |
Woman's smelling salts vial or snuff bottle? The item is made of dark red glass and metal (brass or gold?). One metal end comes off of the middle portion to allow one to add or take out something from the vial. |
Provenance |
The last owners, sisters Eleanor and Laura Rixon, believed that this item might be c. 1835. Their father, Henry Rixon, came from England in 1860, lived in Sydenham Township, and later in Owen Sound, Ontario. Their mother was Helen Rixon (nee Ainslie). Their grandparents, Adam and Isabella Ainslie, resided at Leith and also after 1885 lived with the Rixons at Owen Sound. It may be younger than the 1830s. |
Collection |
Medical/Dentistry, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Brass?/Gold? |
Dimensions |
W-0.984 L-4.016 Dia-0.787 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Rixon, Henry Ainslie, Adam Ainslie, Isabella Rixon, Helen Rixon, Eleanor |
Function |
The last owner suggested that this item was used by a lady to sniff when feeling poorly. Sometimes fancy containers were used to carry snuff as well. More research needed to determine the exact function of this item. |