A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1850

Details
A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The flattened globular bottle is decorated overall with twelve bats carved in high relief through the opaque overlay to the milky-white body.
2 ¼ in. (6 cm.) high, stone stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1622.
Exhibited
Corning, New York, Corning Museum of Glass, 2007-2008.

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