Broken snuff bottle

Museum number:
9-5498a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Ivory (material), and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Snuff bottles
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Broken snuff bottle, accession number 9-5498a,b, described as Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Broken snuff bottle, accession number 9-5498a,b, described as Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Broken snuff bottle, accession number 9-5498a,b, described as Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Broken snuff bottle, accession number 9-5498a,b, described as Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken snuff bottle, accession number 9-5498a,b, described as Snuff bottle; with stopper and dipper; black stone; green stone stopper with brass; ivory dipper; designs of birds; flower carved thru grey layer to black; very low relief tree carved on back; 3 5/16 inches high. Dipper broken.

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