snuff bottle and stopper; whitish glass with carved black overlay designs; stopper is coral; a) bottle; b) stopper; to hold snuff; at later times held perfume, medicine, etc. kept in sleeve of carrier, small bit spooned onto thumbnail of owner, snuffed into nostrils
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Sue G. Ogden
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Coral (material) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles, Carvings (visual works), and Snuff bottles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Context of use:
Used to hold snuff, or, variously, medicine, perfume, etc. Kept in sleeve of owner, spooned out onto thumbnail, snuffed into nostrils.