A Chinese blue and white 'battle' soft-paste porcelain snuff bottle Qing dynasty,...
A Chinese blue and white 'battle' soft-paste porcelain snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
Finely painted under the crackled glaze with warriors parading a prisoner under the city gates, the gates inscribed 'Victory gate' 德勝門, the scene inscribed 旗旗德勝, (flag flag victory), 7cm high without stopper.
清十八/十九世紀 青花繪德勝門之戰紋鼻煙壺，「旗旗德勝」款
Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.
The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, Surrey
Frederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.
Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.
In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.
As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years
Condition Report:
Few tiny nibbles to foot; expected minor firing imperfections and surface wear. Otherwise generally good.
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A Chinese blue and white 'battle' soft-paste porcelain snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
Finely painted under the crackled glaze with warriors parading a prisoner under the city gates, the gates inscribed 'Victory gate' 德勝門, the scene inscribed 旗旗德勝, (flag flag victory), 7cm high without stopper.
清十八/十九世紀 青花繪德勝門之戰紋鼻煙壺，「旗旗德勝」款
Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.
The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, Surrey
Frederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.
Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.
In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.
As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years
Condition Report:
Few tiny nibbles to foot; expected minor firing imperfections and surface wear. Otherwise generally good.
