Snuff bottle, China
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuff bottle, China is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Snuff bottle and stopper, glass, China. Museum description: Snuff bottle with stopper of shattered glass stained bluish-green, set in brass and with an ivory spoon fitted into it. The museum record gives material recorded as glass; place associated: China. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glass
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Glass
- Place recorded
- China
Identification
- Museum object name
- Snuff bottle
- Museum object number
- 5356:1&2-1901
- Museum system number
- O468824
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.