Decorated snuff box

Snuff bottle

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Snuff bottle
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Snuff bottle, slender elongated pine cane shape in dark wood with pique decoration inlaid floral patterns, ivory mount stopper/applicator on chain, reputedly Japanese, 1800-1910 (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A193794
Materials:
complete, wood, ivory and metal
Measurements:
overall: 249 mm
applicator, stopper: 47 mm 21 mm,
bottle: 96 mm
type:
snuff bottle
credit:
Glendining