S42 A puddingstone “Recessed base” snuff bottle

Description

Description:  Chinese puddingstone snuff bottle of fat spade form. The nature of the puddingstone is explained in the Notes of our snuff bottle S39. In this case, black gravels are cemented in gray with a few brownish patches.

Foot/base:  Recessed base.

Mark:  

Dating:  19^h century.

Material:  Conglomerate limestone.

Size:  62 mm high

Stopper:  White agate stopper with bone spoon.

Provenance:  Antiquarian market

References:  See Reference of the similar limestone bottle S39.

Notes:  See the Notes of the similar bottle S39. The last picture is showing a detail of the mouth, where we can see the metal tube as explained in those Notes.