Bottle: snuff

One carved silhouette agate snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cylinder and narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One face is almost flat; the other face presents a slightly convex sagittal cross section with a yellow-gold outline design of a figure in a boat catching a fish. Pale green stopper mounted in a silver collar.

31x47x67mm (l x w x h)

C1957.9

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