Lot 2: Japanese Lac Burgaute Butterfly Snuff Bottle

Japanese "Lac Burgaute" or Laque Burgaute lacquer on brass snuff bottle in the form of a butterfly, one side depicting a house in a river landscape setting and the other side depicting a bird and vase with flowers. Maker's marks on the base. 2 3/8" H. 1st half 20th century.

PROVENANCE: Private Franklin, TN collection, by descent from Norman and Martha Stein Dickson, who owned an antiques store at 732-736 Royal Street in New Orleans from the 1950s until their deaths in the 1970s.

CONDITION: Overall very good condition.