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Description
Primary Description:
Snuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent bright pink non-lead glass, green stone, black disk, ivory, cork; blown, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, with short neck, the rim polished flat, with a central hole for a stopper and spoon; the neck sloping, the sides rounded; relief-carved basket on one side, with a crab emerging from within; on the reverse, a cricket perches on an eggplant; carved oval foot ring. (b) Domed, cylindrical green stone finial with incised bamboo at the edge, mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank, with long ivory spoon, with thin handle and oval spatulate bowl.
Exhibitions (1)

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03