Two Yangzhou-style overlay glass snuff bottles Late Qing dynasty/Republic period and 20th...
Two Yangzhou-style overlay glass snuff bottles
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period and 20th century
The first, a sapphire-blue overlay white glass, late Qing dynasty/Republic, finely carved on either side with a scholar fishing on a pier under a willow, to one side with a boy attendant approaching on a small boat, carved seal 方寸阁 Fang Cun Ge, the other side with a lone scholar fishing, inscribed with title, 桃陰漁艇 Táo yīn yú tǐng, and signature Er Ru 二如伴, red glass stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper; and a white and purple double-overlay amber glass slender pear-shaped bottle, 20th century, one side decorated with Buddha and an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, the other with Shoulao and a boy attendant before a crane, four-character seal mark, green glass stopper, 7.2cm without stopper (2).
晚清/民國及二十世紀 揚州工套料鼻煙壺兩件，「方寸阁」、「桃陰漁艇」、「二如伴」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:
Expected light wear and a few scattered tiny nibbles and some bubbles to glass.
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Two Yangzhou-style overlay glass snuff bottles
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period and 20th century
The first, a sapphire-blue overlay white glass, late Qing dynasty/Republic, finely carved on either side with a scholar fishing on a pier under a willow, to one side with a boy attendant approaching on a small boat, carved seal 方寸阁 Fang Cun Ge, the other side with a lone scholar fishing, inscribed with title, 桃陰漁艇 Táo yīn yú tǐng, and signature Er Ru 二如伴, red glass stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper; and a white and purple double-overlay amber glass slender pear-shaped bottle, 20th century, one side decorated with Buddha and an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, the other with Shoulao and a boy attendant before a crane, four-character seal mark, green glass stopper, 7.2cm without stopper (2).
晚清/民國及二十世紀 揚州工套料鼻煙壺兩件，「方寸阁」、「桃陰漁艇」、「二如伴」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:
Expected light wear and a few scattered tiny nibbles and some bubbles to glass.
