Snuff bottle with spade-like snuff spoon as stopper

Small wood gourd snuff bottle

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Small wood gourd snuff bottle
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Small wood gourd snuff bottle, circular with wooden spade-like snuff spoon acting as bottle stopper, Chinese, 1800-1912

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652816
Materials:
gourd, wood, cork and complete
Measurements:
bottle: 72 mm 50 mm,
stopper: 26 mm,
spoon: 41 mm
spoon with stopper: 67 mm
type:
snuff bottle