A BLACK-OVERLAY PINK GLASS 'POCKET WATCH' SNUFF BOTTLE
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A BLACK-OVERLAY PINK GLASS 'POCKET WATCH' SNUFF BOTTLE

1830-1900

Details
A BLACK-OVERLAY PINK GLASS 'POCKET WATCH' SNUFF BOTTLE
1830-1900
Each main side is carved through the black overlay to the opaque pink ground with a circular panel enclosing a painted watch face on paper beneath transparent glass, and with mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, jade stopper
Provenance
Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts.
Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection; Bonham's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 88.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5185.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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