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

1780-1850

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A TURQUOISE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The transparent turquoise overlay is carved through to the opaque white ground with a vine bearing multiple gourds and supporting a squirrel below flying insects.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4867.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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