Four Chinese glass and one imitation-lapis lazuli snuff bottle Late Qing dynasty-20th...
Four Chinese glass and one imitation-lapis lazuli snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty-20th century
Comprising: one imitation jadeite bottle carved with a flower in shallow relief, 5cm high; one shaped rectangular bottle of translucent green with gold speckles overlay6 on turquoise glass bottle, 6.2cm high; one flat circular turquoise glass bottle, associated stopper, 5.8cm high without stopper; another shaped rectangular turquoise glass bottle with two burgundy splashed, associated stopper, 6.3cm high without stopper; and an imitation lapis lazuli bottle, associated stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper (5).
清晚期 - 二十世紀 料鼻煙壺五件
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:
Nibbling to edges and expected wear.
Bid on this lot
Four Chinese glass and one imitation-lapis lazuli snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty-20th century
Comprising: one imitation jadeite bottle carved with a flower in shallow relief, 5cm high; one shaped rectangular bottle of translucent green with gold speckles overlay6 on turquoise glass bottle, 6.2cm high; one flat circular turquoise glass bottle, associated stopper, 5.8cm high without stopper; another shaped rectangular turquoise glass bottle with two burgundy splashed, associated stopper, 6.3cm high without stopper; and an imitation lapis lazuli bottle, associated stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper (5).
清晚期 - 二十世紀 料鼻煙壺五件
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:
Nibbling to edges and expected wear.
