Joy and Happiness

1760-1880
Height: 6.05 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.80/2.15 cm
Stopper: tourmaline; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Mid-West Auctions, 1 December 2012

 

Translucent honey-grey and variegated brown agate; with a concave lip and recessed, very slightly convex, oval foot surrounded by a protruding flattened, oval foot rim; carved on one main side with a silhouette design using the natural colours of the stone as a cameo of a camel and a racoon dog.

Alexander Whittaker