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The habit of snuff-taking spread to China from the West during the 17th century and became established in the 18th century. People generally carried snuff in a small bottle. By the 20th century these bottles had become collectors' items, owing to the great variety of materials and decorative techniques used in their production.","physicalDescription":"The bottle is a spade-shaped flattened flask form of opaque white glass, with an overlay of pink glass partly cut away.\r\nThe decoration consists of a very simplified design of a peach with leaves and branches on each side. There is a smaller peach on each shoulder and a band of pink overlay around neckrim.\r\nThe glass has a waxy quality in appearance; the partial nature of the carving and incising suggests that it may be unfinished. The lack of attention applied to the carving suggests a date during the period of disruption in China between 1850 and 1870, or slightly later.\r\nThe bottle has a faceted foot formed by overlay with a solid underneath.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"glass","id":""},{"text":"glass","id":"AAT10797"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"incising","id":"AAT53847"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Glass, coloured opaque white and overlayed with pink glass, with incised and carved decoration","categories":[{"text":"ELISE","id":"THES48961"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Personal accessories","id":"THES48912"},{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"}],"styles":[{"text":"Qing","id":"AAT18478"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2017KF6073","2017KF6074","2006AU9118"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES363112"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"SNUFF BOTTLE","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1850-1880","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1880-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"3.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"03/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-03","latest":"2017-05-03"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"2.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"03/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-03","latest":"2017-05-03"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Professor Lessing (Kunstgewerbe Museum Berlin), accessioned in 1880. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.\nBought, Kunstgewerbe Museum Berlin per Prof Lessing","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Glass snuff bottle, coloured opaque white and overlayed with pink glass, incised and carved decoration, China, 1850-1880","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"White, Helen. <font -u>Snuff Bottles from China</font>. London: Bamboo Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 291p., ill. 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