A group of three glass snuff bottles
Lot 6568
A group of three glass snuff bottles
Sold for US$ 1,000 inc. premium
Auction Details
Lot Details
Property of various owners
A group of three glass snuff bottles
The first of flattened globular form, inside-painted in black and polychrome pigments with a landscape reversed by a butterfly and flowers; the second of flattened globular form with inside-painted decoration of opposing landscapes in black and faint color, the bottle trimmed in opaque red glass; the third of flattened rectangular form with carved four-color overlay of red, yellow, turquoise and green on white milk glass (rim chipped); all with stoppers.
2 to 2 5/8in high
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