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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 in the form of a ten-sided disc with a dome-shaped stopper. It is made of rock crystal, transparent with a white tinge, with carved decoration; the stopper of quartz coloured pink, mounted in gilded metal.\r\nEach side of the bottle is faceted in a rosette pattern.There is no foot and the flat base has an incised name in large seal characters, '<font -i>Shou zhi lou ji</font>'.\r\nThis is the only such name on any bottle in the collection, and it is interesting to find it on so refined a bottle as this.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"rock crystal","id":"AAT11152"},{"text":"quartz","id":"AAT11132"},{"text":"metal","id":"AAT10900"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved rock crystal, stopper pink quench-crackled glass in imitation of tourmaline set in copper alloy","categories":[{"text":"ELISE","id":"THES48961"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Personal accessories","id":"THES48912"}],"styles":[{"text":"Qing","id":"AAT18478"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2021MW2752","2006AU9138","2006BF4094"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES363112"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1750-1895","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1895-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Salting Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"5.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"bottle","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Incised name in large seal characters, <font -i>Shou zhi lou ji</font>","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"Chinese","medium":"","method":"incised","position":"","script":"","translation":"Long life camelia pavilion company.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Chinese; incised"}],"objectHistory":"Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chinese snuff bottle, carved rock crystal, each side of the bottle is decorated with a rosette pattern, Qing Dynasty; 1750-1895.","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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