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Property from the Collection of Seymour A Lemler

A Silver-Mounted Thomas Webb and Sons Red Cameo Glass Fish-Form Scent Bottle, Circa 1885

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April 12, 06:57 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of Seymour A Lemler


A Silver-Mounted Thomas Webb and Sons Red Cameo Glass Fish-Form Scent Bottle, Circa 1885

naturalistically modelled as a fish, overlaid in white and finely carved with scales, the underside carved with registration number Rd 15711, the silver mount, London, 1885, maker's mark not clear perhaps JTM for James Temple Moore


length 6 1/2 in.

16.5 cm

A yellow glass scent bottle in the form of a fish is in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, acc. no. 2001.2.6; and a further example in blue-glass is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 63.200.19a, b.