Plumb-bob-shaped snuff bottle

Made:: 1851-1900 in Asia

maker:: Unknown

Ebonised wood snuff bottle, plumb-bob shaped with ivory stopper
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Ebonised wood snuff bottle, plumb-bob shaped with ivory stopper, pin-shaped applicator in top, possibly Chinese or Asiatic, 1851-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A36774

Materials:: wood and ivory

Measurements:: overall: 120 mm 42 mm,
applicator: 47 mm

type:: snuff bottle

credit:: Glendining

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Plumb-bob-shaped snuff bottle

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