Two Chinese cattle bone snuff bottles and one Japanese cattle bone 'crabs'...
Two Chinese cattle bone snuff bottles and one Japanese cattle bone 'crabs' snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty-Republic period and Meiji period
The first Chinese bottle carved throughout in shallow relief with a pair of writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst tumultuous foaming waves, 7cm high; the second of cylindrical form, incised with boys at play and a poem, 6.2cm high; the Japanese bottle carved throughout in shallow relieve, with a crab resting over a basket, the stopper also carved as a crab, the base signed Ishidama, 7.2cm high to the rim, 8.3cm high with stopper (3).
晚清/民國及明治時期 牛角雕鼻煙兩件及日本牛角雕蟹紋鼻煙壺
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:
Scattered tiny nibbles, expected wear, and a few fine incipient age cracks.
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Two Chinese cattle bone snuff bottles and one Japanese cattle bone 'crabs' snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty-Republic period and Meiji period
The first Chinese bottle carved throughout in shallow relief with a pair of writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst tumultuous foaming waves, 7cm high; the second of cylindrical form, incised with boys at play and a poem, 6.2cm high; the Japanese bottle carved throughout in shallow relieve, with a crab resting over a basket, the stopper also carved as a crab, the base signed Ishidama, 7.2cm high to the rim, 8.3cm high with stopper (3).
晚清/民國及明治時期 牛角雕鼻煙兩件及日本牛角雕蟹紋鼻煙壺
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:
Scattered tiny nibbles, expected wear, and a few fine incipient age cracks.
