Snuff bottle: O.174 & A-1946

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Snuff bottle

Description

Quartz crystal with dense black tourmaline needles. Green jadeite top

Legal notes

Oscar Raphael bequest 1941, received 1946

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

18th-19th century
1760 CE - 1880 CE

Components of the work

Top composed of jadeite

Materials used in production

Crystal

References and bibliographic entries

Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.174 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 168800
Oscar Raphael: 114
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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