Lot Essay
Compare another bottle of this design illustrated by V.F. Holden, 'The Joe Grimburg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles', Oriental Art, vol. XLVIII, No. 4, 2002, p. 71, figs. 30 and 31.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A VERY RARE WATCH-MOUNTED GILT-METAL BOTTLE
CIRCA 1880
Details
A VERY RARE WATCH-MOUNTED GILT-METAL BOTTLE
Circa 1880
Of rounded-square shape, one side mounted with a Swiss gilt-finished, jeweled movement with cylinder escapement, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced-gilt hands, and miniature pearl-set, rim-wound bezel, all encircled by a blossoming prunus branch growing from a rocky embankment bordering crested waves, the blossoms formed from small pearls and minute pink glass beads at the center, the reverse inset with a barometer inscribed with the hallmark H.M., the foot and neck encircled by a border of miniature green glass studs, the hinged stopper inset with a coral bead
2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) high
Circa 1880
Of rounded-square shape, one side mounted with a Swiss gilt-finished, jeweled movement with cylinder escapement, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced-gilt hands, and miniature pearl-set, rim-wound bezel, all encircled by a blossoming prunus branch growing from a rocky embankment bordering crested waves, the blossoms formed from small pearls and minute pink glass beads at the center, the reverse inset with a barometer inscribed with the hallmark H.M., the foot and neck encircled by a border of miniature green glass studs, the hinged stopper inset with a coral bead
2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) high
Provenance
Eric Young Collection, Part IV, Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 28 October 1993, lot 1165.