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Subject:Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin N. Fri, Dec 15, 2017 IP: 75.101.16.2 Inherited quite a few snuff bottles collected by my grandmother over many decades. It's really difficult to tell what they are made of, how old they are and also whether they are original or replicas. Sharing a few here. Would love to hear about what to look for. |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin Sat, Dec 16, 2017 Sorry, for some reason the photos didn't upload the first time. Here they are. |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Stan Mon, Dec 18, 2017 The first two pictures look to be molded resin snuff bottles. See discussion at link below. |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin Sat, Dec 16, 2017 The ones shapes like fruits and veggies I cannot tell if they are glass or stone. Here are some more |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Stan Mon, Dec 18, 2017 The "Peking" glass one with the dragon looks pretty decent. The last one looks like resin again. |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin N. Tue, Dec 19, 2017 Thanks so much again. There is so much to learn just to figure out what these are made of! The dragon is one of my favorites from her collection. I thought it might be glass, and it has a very interesting spoon compared to the others and has this writing on it. "吉羊" Though, I cannot read it. |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Stan Sun, Dec 17, 2017 Without pictures, it is hard to same a lot. Generally, very few snuff bottles have the artist signature on them. The exception is inside painted snuff bottles which are often signed. Often times snuff bottles will have a reign mark on the bottom. These are more often apocryphal than not and provide little clue to the bottles actual age (other than it was created after the reign mark). |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin N. Mon, Dec 18, 2017 Thank you I tried - and messed up posting photos 3 times. I just resized and posted them earlier today and am hoping they will finally post. Hope you can see them soon and thanks for the info you've already provided! :) |
Subject:Re: Snuff bottles - many - Identifying make and makers?
Posted By: Erin N. Mon, Dec 18, 2017 Hi Stan, It looks like my photos have finally posted! :) Thank you for any insight you can provide! |
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