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A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880
The pale amber-tone stone is carved on one side utilizing the dark russet skin to depict a single hawk perched in a tree.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1961.

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