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snuff bottle

human history
  • Description

    snuff bottle

    smoky quartz, flat globular shape; raised mask rings on shoulders, face of bottle has raised circular plaque with effigy of Napoleon and inscription, reverse of bottle has raised circular plaque with crest and inscriptions; red dome stopper mounted on a yellow glass band, spoon attached.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.317
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    36456 (ethnology)

    M293A (miscellaneous)

    293A (miscellaneous)

  • Department
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