Betel-nut snuff bottle

Made:: 1760-1790

Betel-nut snuff bottle, rounded
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Betel-nut snuff bottle, rounded, carved with figures of children, made in Europe, 1760-1790

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A29850

Materials:: betel nuts

Measurements:: height 51 mm
approx.: diameter 38 mm
top: diameter 12 mm

type:: snuff bottles

credit:: Foster

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Betel-nut snuff bottle

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