A SEVEN-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A SEVEN-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1880

Details
A SEVEN-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
The bottle is carved through transparent overlays depicting red pomegranates, yellow citron, pink peaches, a green chime and red and yellow loquats on the sides, a pink fan with red ribbon and two opaque black bats on the narrow sides, on a milky-white ground.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, malachite stopper
Provenance
Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 28 August 1993, lot 38.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 804.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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