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Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Jul 15, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 640

Five Glass Perfume Bottles

Estimate: $100 - $300

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

19th and 20th century, comprising: flattened ovoid cobalt bottle, lapidary cut, gilt metal twist cap, interior cobalt glass stopper, 3-1/2 in.; mini agate shell form scent bottle, gold cap, rectangular bail, 1 in.; flattened ovoid example with engraved palm tree and ferns to one side, the other lily of the valley, faceted stopper, 2-7/8 in.; pale blue opaline glass, flattened circular form, silver cap and bail, unmarked, suspended from sterling chain with glass beads, 2-1/2 in.; clear crystal laydown with diamond point and flashed star decoration, eight cuts on shoulder and neck, faceted stopper, back with star cut, 2-3/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Janice and Joe Boyd

Condition

cobalt fleabites to base, denting to gilt metal hardware, scratching; agate shell fleabites to tips of shell and rim; palm tree with almost total loss of gilt decoration, fleabites to rim, scratching, residue to interior, fleabites to stopper and plug; pale blue residue to exterior, discoloration to silver hardware, anomaly (as made); crystal bottle fleabites to stopper and plug; each with numbered label

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