Lot 164
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A MOTTLED GLASS BOTTLE

Details
A MOTTLED GLASS BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Of flattened pear shape, the clear glass overlay with an interior core of red, yellow, blue and aubergine forming mottled droplets possibly imitating tortoiseshell--2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For rounded bottles of different color, but similarly using sandwiched glass with mottled markings, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, p. 66, no. 175; and Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World, New York, 1994, p. 383, no. 180