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1800-1900
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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1900
The first, transparent glass bottle, 1800-1900, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay with four large goldfish. The second, translucent milky-glass bottle, is carved through the translucent green-blue overlay on one side with a carp swimming above a lotus plant, and on the other side with a blossoming lotus plant emerging from waves.
2 ½ in. and 2 3/8 in. (6.3 and 5.8 cm.) high, glass and rose quartz stoppers
1800-1900
The first, transparent glass bottle, 1800-1900, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay with four large goldfish. The second, translucent milky-glass bottle, is carved through the translucent green-blue overlay on one side with a carp swimming above a lotus plant, and on the other side with a blossoming lotus plant emerging from waves.
2 ½ in. and 2 3/8 in. (6.3 and 5.8 cm.) high, glass and rose quartz stoppers
Provenance
Black overlay bottle:
Prince Jenkins Antiques, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 574.
Green overlay bottle:
Bob C. Stevens Collection.
Rachel Holden Collection, New York.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1966.
Prince Jenkins Antiques, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 574.
Green overlay bottle:
Bob C. Stevens Collection.
Rachel Holden Collection, New York.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1966.
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