Snuff bottle with stopper-applicator, glass; a) snuff bottle: painted rural scene painted inside both front and back; oval; green trim; height 6.8 cm; (b) stopper-applicator: handle is hemisphere of red glass, applicator set into cork; probably bone; length 7 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China attr.
Collection date:
Dec. 1976
Materials:
Bone (material) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles and Snuff bottles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
December 1, 1976
Context of use:
Stopper-applicator may not be original.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 6.8 centimeters and b— length 7 centimeters