Lot Essay
For a bottle of different shape but similar decoration see John G. Ford, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Edward Choate O'Dell Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1982, Catalogue, col. pl. 122
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE GREEN OVERLAY OPAQUE MUSTARD GLASS BOTTLE
Details
A FINE GREEN OVERLAY OPAQUE MUSTARD GLASS BOTTLE
1800-1860
Carved through the pea-green overlay on each side with a cricket on a cabbage, the details finely cut and incised, stopper
1800-1860
Carved through the pea-green overlay on each side with a cricket on a cabbage, the details finely cut and incised, stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection
Carey Stanley Collection
Carey Stanley Collection
Literature
Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, col. pl. 202