Description:

This small bottle may have been used for storing snuff. Snuff bottles have small openings to keep the snuff dry in a humid climate. This one probably had a lid with a spoon.

Glass
Height: 12.0 cm, diameter: 3.2 cm, neck diameter: 2.3 cm

Chinese Description:

玻璃瓶 中国，清朝，约1700-1800 这小巧的瓶子可能用于储存鼻烟。鼻烟壶的壶口细小，使鼻烟不致受潮。一如鼻烟和鼻烟壶部分所陈列的展品，这鼻烟壶也许附设一与小勺相连的钮盖。 玻璃

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1700-1800, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4544