LOT 319 A SMOKY CRYSTAL 'COIN' SNUFF BOTTLE AND A SILVER COIN 1796-1...
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A SMOKY CRYSTAL 'COIN' SNUFF BOTTLE AND A SILVER COIN 1796-1860 (2)A SMOKY CRYSTAL 'COIN' SNUFF BOTTLE AND A SILVER COIN1796-1860Very well-hollowed, the circular bottle standing on a small, recessed foot, rising to a cylindrical neck, with a flat lip; carved in low relief with a 'Spanish coin' design, the front featuring a portrait of Charles III in profile and an inscription, the reverse carved with a crown above the Shield of Leon and Castile between the two Pillars of Hercules within additional inscriptions; together with a silver coin cast with a portrait of a king on one side, opposing a medallion of crowned double-headed eagle, each side with inscriptions, and with a drilled hole for attachment.2in (5.1cm) height of snuff bottle1 9/16in (4cm) diameter of silver coin (2).1796-1860 煙晶刻卡洛斯三世西班牙錢幣紋鼻煙壺一件附銀幣一枚Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 53Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 until 1788. These 'coin' bottles were made in a variety of materials including crystal, jade and agate. Another crystal 'Charles III of Spain' snuff bottle from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, May 27, 2012, lot 104.
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