Lot 38
Lot 38
PROPERTY FROM THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION
A GROUP OF FOUR AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES

1760-1949

Price Realised USD 2,000
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USD 1,200 - USD 1,800
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A GROUP OF FOUR AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES

1760-1949

Price Realised USD 2,000
Price Realised USD 2,000
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The first bottle, of rounded form and honey-tone, is carved on one side with a sage and boy; the second bottle has vertical striations and vase-form handles, 1860-1949; the third has beige and green moss-like inclusions, 1760-1860; the fourth has a central crystalline panel radiating darker striations, 1800-1900.
2¼, 2¼, 2⅛ and 2⅛ in. (5.6, 5.6, 5.3 and 5.3 cm.), glass, agate, jadeite and hard stone stoppers
Provenance
The first:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3857.

The second:
Victor Topper, Toronto, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2892.

The third:
Robert C. Eldred Co., lot 189, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 839.

The fourth:
Victor Topper, Toronto, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3328.
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