TWO SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
TWO SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1860
The first of rounded square form with a tubular neck, flat lip and oval foot ring, the dark brown inclusion on one face lightly carved to suggest a hawk perched on a tree branch above a bear; the second of flattened ovoid form with tubular neck, flat lip and flat oval foot, the inclusions incised with a boy, rocks and pine tree, all between lion mask and mock ring handles on the shoulders.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high, the taller
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TWO SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1860
The first of rounded square form with a tubular neck, flat lip and oval foot ring, the dark brown inclusion on one face lightly carved to suggest a hawk perched on a tree branch above a bear; the second of flattened ovoid form with tubular neck, flat lip and flat oval foot, the inclusions incised with a boy, rocks and pine tree, all between lion mask and mock ring handles on the shoulders.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high, the taller