S4 A botryoidal agate “Maquet” snuff bottle

Description

Description:  Chinese snuff bottle of heart form, masterfully carved with elegant shape and high protruding masks on the shoulders. Foggy agate of botryoidal type. The bottle has been transformed into cigarette lighter by the French jeweler Company Maquet.

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Dating:  19^th Century.

Material:  Botryoidal agate

Size:  66 mm high

Stopper:  Agate with silvered bronze mounting

Provenance:  Antiquarian market

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Notes:  The last pictures are an extract from an article about snuff bottles converted to Cigarette lighters, published in 1997 on the Journal of the International Society of Chinese Snuff Bottles.