Chalcedony Snuff Bottle

Name/Title

Chalcedony Snuff Bottle

Description

This grey-brown bottle is faceted on all four sides. It is topped with a red glass dome stopper. -- Stone snuff bottle. Campbell inventory number 38, 67mm h x 42mm w, waxy green and brown soapstone bottle of flattened rectangular form. The front cameo decorated with a lohan carrying fruit walking through a landscape in brown "skin" relief, the shoulders

Acquisition

Accession

T470

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Notes

Date: 19th c

Lexicon

Search Terms

snuff, bottle

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

2-3/8 in

Width

1-5/8 in

Depth

1 in

Material

Glass, Chalcedony