S4 A botryoidal agate “Maquet” snuff bottle

Description

Description:  Chinese foggy agate of botryoidal type snuff bottle of heart form, with protruding masks on the shoulders. The bottle has been transformed into cigarettes lighter in French by the jeweler Firm 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 Cigarettes lighters, published in 1997 on the Journal of the International Society of Chinese Snuff Bottles.