Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2452Location: BostonDate / Time: April 11, 2009 10:00AM
Description:
Continental Carved Ivory, Gold, and Stone-set Figural Snuff Bottle, late 19th century, formed as a fanciful Chinoiserie scholar, seated cross-legged, holding a book and a staff, with scroll-carved robe, and engraved gold collar and chest straps, with peaked gold cap, mounted throughout with colorless rose-cut collet-set stones, the head forming stopper, base with hinged lid to small well, ht. 3 3/8 in.
Estimate $300-500
old repair to back of cap. base cover needs reattaching (lacking hinge pins). missing two stones. one stone likely replaced. silver collets with dark tarnish.