Snuff bottle, 1850-1850

Snuff is powdered tobacco, usually blended with aromatic herbs or spices. The habit of snuff-taking spread to China from the West during the 17th century and became established in the 18th century. People generally carried snuff in a small bottle. By the 20th century these bottles had become collectors' items, owing to the great variety of materials and decorative techniques used in their production.

Bulbous oval flask form, slightly flattened; dome-shaped stopper that does not belong to bottle; stopper acquired with this bottle was a flattish ivory cap. Glass, opaque greyish white, with green and pink glass decoration appplied, in the form of a flowering branch.