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A Set of Three French Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Retailed by Cartier, Early 20th Century

Lot closes

April 14, 06:29 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Starting Bid

6,000 USD

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Description

the porcelain bottles converted into lighters, each decorated with flowers, the square bottle also with two landscape scenes, the silver mounts engraved with prunus, bats, and dragonflies, the bases with strikers, each finial set with a different hardstone, marked on the mounts with boar heads and indistinct maker's marks, stamped Cartier under each cover, all in a fitted case stamped Cartier / Paris / London / New York


heights of bottles from 3 to 3 3/4 in.; length of case 8 in.

7.5 to 9.5 cm; 20 cm