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Sale 1106
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Estimate$300 – $500
Snuff bottles in fine and stable condition, most with light scuffs and wear to the underside. The red cap associated with the red/white glass bottle appears to just rest on the top of the bottle; it doesn't appear to attach or insert. The reddish bottle with the green lid has a few very small chips to the interior mouthrim consistent with use (i.e., removing the lid/stopper). Tarnish and few areas of enamel loss present to silver example.
Cased perfume bottles with wear to exterior of each case. Longest bottle does not appear to open. Inlaid elements absent from ornament of smallest bottle.
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Leah Vogelpohl
AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts
Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.
Ms. Howe joined the firm in 2012 working as a specialist in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department as well as the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design department.
Previously, Ms. Howe served as Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at the Cincinnati Art Museum, where she curated exhibitions focusing on American and European furniture, silver, glass and ceramics. Additionally, she was an instructor of Art History at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, an independent consultant to museums and a lecturer on decorative arts. Ms. Howe’s research and publications have focused on late 19th- and early 20th-century decorative arts and design, in particular, on Cincinnati Arts and Crafts metalwork and furniture. Ms. Howe served as editor and contributing author of the book Cincinnati Art-Carved Furniture and Interiors. She received a BA from the University of Cincinnati and an MA in Art History from the University of Minnesota.
