Three Chinese chalcedony agate snuff bottles Late Qing dynasty Comprising two bottles...
Three Chinese chalcedony agate snuff bottles
Late Qing dynasty
Comprising two bottles well-hollowed out of a translucent stone of a pale grey hue, of a flattened shaped bottle, green hardstone stoppers, 6.1cm and 5.8cm high without stoppers; and one carved of a translucent white stone in a flattened lobed baluster shape with two tiny lug handles, green glass stopper, 4.6cm high (3).
清晚期 瑪瑙鼻煙壺三件
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:
A few scattered nibbles to edges, natural inclusions and fissures to stone, particularly to the larger lobed bottle.
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Three Chinese chalcedony agate snuff bottles
Late Qing dynasty
Comprising two bottles well-hollowed out of a translucent stone of a pale grey hue, of a flattened shaped bottle, green hardstone stoppers, 6.1cm and 5.8cm high without stoppers; and one carved of a translucent white stone in a flattened lobed baluster shape with two tiny lug handles, green glass stopper, 4.6cm high (3).
清晚期 瑪瑙鼻煙壺三件
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:
A few scattered nibbles to edges, natural inclusions and fissures to stone, particularly to the larger lobed bottle.
