Three carved cameo agate snuff bottles

Three carved cameo agate snuff bottles
'monkey' and 'cricket' bottles: late 18th/19th century
Each well-hollowed, utilizing the natural opaque inclusions in the translucent stone for the design, the first carved with a monkey holding a peach, the details well defined in densely incised lines; the second skillfully depicting a cricket on a cage; the third displaying a young attendant serving tea to a bearded sage.
2 to 2 5/8in (5.1 to 6.7cm) high