TWO ROCK CRYSTAL 'SILVER DOLLAR' SNUFF BOTTLES1736-1860
The first of circular outline, each main side carved in low relief with the image of a Spanish eight-reales coin, one side with the profile of Charles III, inscribed with the year 1779, all in reverse, the other with the Spanish coat of arms; the second similarly carved, but with a truncated inscription and the profile of the king facing the right.
2in (5.3cm) high, the taller (２).注脚Provenance:
The first:
Sotheby's, New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, 6 April 1990 lot 97
The second:
Collection of Donald C. Gray, Esq.
Sotheby's, London, Catalog of a Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 4 June 1962, lot 154
The John Franklin Dodge and Isabel Beatty Dodge Collection, formed prior to 1965
Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, 17 March 1997, lot 150

It is interesting to note that the obverse image of the coin with the profile of Charles III has been executed in reverse on the first bottle, indicating that the carving was done using an impression of the coin and not from an actual coin.