Snuff bottle

Museum number:
9-13581a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913581a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3272
Description:
snuff bottle (?) w/ applicator, wood stand; a) ceramic snuff bottle (?), 2 owls, yellow-brown glaze; h. 4.5 cm.; (b) applicator-stopper, ivory w/ cork and crown-like metal handle; l. 6 cm.; (c) wood stand, round, dark wood, diam. 4 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China???
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material), Metal, Porcelain (material), and Wood (plant 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:
snuff bottle??? stopper may not belong to specimen, ditto for stand.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
c— diameter 4 centimeters, a— height 4.5 centimeters, and b— length 1.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-13581a-c, described as snuff bottle (?) w/ applicator, wood stand; a) ceramic snuff bottle (?), 2 owls, yellow-brown glaze; h. 4.5 cm.; (b) applicator-stopper, ivory w/ cork and crown-like metal handle; l. 6 cm.; (c) wood stand, round, dark wood, diam. 4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-13581a-c, described as snuff bottle (?) w/ applicator, wood stand; a) ceramic snuff bottle (?), 2 owls, yellow-brown glaze; h. 4.5 cm.; (b) applicator-stopper, ivory w/ cork and crown-like metal handle; l. 6 cm.; (c) wood stand, round, dark wood, diam. 4 cm.

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