A Moss Agate Snuff Bottle -Late Qing Dynasty

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1920: item #1002621
ICHI 4112

This is a lovely moss agate snuff bottle in a rounded flattened shape on a flat oval base. Measures 2 1/6" high and is 2" wide by 1" thick. The bottle is extremely well hollowed and in excellent condition with no chips or problems. We date this bottle from the late 19th to early 20th century. Moss agate is a transparent chalcedony agate with green strands in it. The green strands inside moss agate are NOT moss, although they looks very convincing. They are called dendrites (from "dendron" (Greek... Click for details

Blue Lace Agate Snuff Bottle – 20th Century

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1980: item #1000731
COLL 1043

This is an interesting modern snuff bottle made of a material called Rough Blue Lace Agate. The stone is mined in the South of Namibia. Various grades and sizes are available. This is a very scarce semi-precious stone and is used to make jewelry and tumbled stone products. The bottle measures 2 Ύ” high by 1 ½” wide by Ύ” thick.

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Chinese Smokey Quartz Snuff Bottle, 19th Century.

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1900: item #1000135
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A CHINESE SMOKEY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY.

A genuine old smokey quartz snuff bottle, the interior well-hollowed and polished to make the bottle transparent. Some crystalline inclusions can be seen as well as some diagonal darker blushes, rather like rain in the distance. The stopper is tiger’s eye. 19th century.

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An Amber Snuff Bottle with Pink Stopper

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1940: item #988458
ICHI 2133

This is a beautiful amber snuff bottle with the expected cloudy areas to be found in the grain of the amber. The stopper is a pink stone carved in a nipple shape - the spoon is short and appears to be made of bone. The two narrow sides of the bottle have oval handles or protrusions that measure 3/4" long by 3/8" wide by 1/16" thick.

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A Chinese Snuff Bottle of a Frog – Rare Jet Material

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1900: item #985679
ICHI 3857

This is a very rare Chinese snuff bottle made from the black material known as Jet. It is finely carved into the shape of a squatting frog with its legs curled under ready to leap. The eyes are bulging and the mouth is closed. The bottle measures 2” long by 1 ½” wide by 1” thick and is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The stopper is probably not the original – it is a fine mottled gold agate with a brass spoon. We date the piece to the late 19th century, Qing dynasty – however, it... Click for details

An Amber/Orange Carnelian Snuff Bottle – 19th Cty

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1920: item #982679
ICHI 2138

This is a lovely orange/amber colored snuff bottle made of carnelian. It is a nice size – measuring 2” high by 1 Ύ” wide by 1 1/8” thick – not including the stopper, When held to the light there are some cloudy areas in the stone. The stopper is a white agate with streaks of rust orange and the spoon is made of bamboo. We believe it is possible that this could be the original stopper - there is a crack in the top piece. The bottle has a very well formed foot and is very well hollowed. We date t... Click for details

A Chinese Snuff Bottle - Jasper Quartz – 19th/20th Cty

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1940: item #979527
COLL1016

This is a handsome snuff bottle made of a material which we believe to be jasper, a form of quartz. Jasper is an opaque rock of virtually any color stemming from the mineral content of the original sediments or ash. Patterns arise during the consolidation process forming flow and depositional patterns in the original silica rich sediment or volcanic ash. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for vases, s... Click for details

A Chinese ‘Kong Que Shi’ (Turquoise) Snuff Bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1920: item #977476

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Chinese Carved Jade Jadeite Snuff Bottle Shi Shi

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1900: item #973876

A very finly carved and beautifully shaped antique Chinese jadeite snuff bottle, 19th century. Jadeite is regarded as a very precious gemstone in asia, even more precious than jade. Due to its hardness (7) and fragility, rarely to see the jadeite snuff bottle with complicated carvings. This bottle is in flattened rectangular form with rounded shoulders extending to a cylindrical neck, supported on a raised foot with recessed base. The bottle is well hollowed and of even colour with apple green c... Click for details

An inkstone snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Hardstone Pre 1900: item #929552
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Date: 1800 - 1850

Of flattened form with a narrow cylindrical neck and a recessed foot, each side similarly decorated with a coiled dragon within a roundel, both shoulders carved with a mock-mask ring-handle.

H: 6.2 cm excluding stopper

Condition: Good, t... Click for details