Enamel Painted Copper Snuff Bottle

Name/Title

Enamel Painted Copper Snuff Bottle

Description

The flat circular form is decorated on both sides with a stylized moth in traced silver overlay. It is topped with a domed ivory stopper and bone spoon. -- this gourd-shaped bottle is decorated with a handpainted scene from the famous Ming Dynasty masterpiece, Along the River During Qingming ?????, painted with enamel

Acquisition

Accession

T843

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Notes

Date: 1800s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Snuff

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Snuff

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

1-11/16 in

Width

2-3/8 in

Material

Copper, Ivory, Bone