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While most Europeans packaged snuff in boxes or tins, the Chinese put great care and craftsmanship into making beautifully ornamented snuff bottles from the mid 1600s through the mid 1900s. Made from a range of materials including glass, porcelain, jade, stone, and metal, they were considered popular gifts (and often bribes) by Chinese high society.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With Chinese Snuff Bottle Collector Vincent Fausone, Jr.

In 1978, I found a snuff bottle and didn’t know what it was. It intrigued me, so I bought it. Then I found… [more]

An Interview With Antique Bottle Collector Bill Lindsey

My maternal grandfather and uncle got into bottles in about 1965 or ‘66 when I was in high school, and we s… [more]

Guest Column: Collecting Antique Ball Jars

One of the most common fruit jars ever produced is the lowly Ball jar. Historical figures show that from betw… [more]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society

International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society

This simple site features a beautiful collection of antique Chinese snuff bottles. Start on the categories page, wh… [read review or visit site]

Inside Painted Snuff Bottles

Inside Painted Snuff Bottles

This site is a great showcase for hundreds of beautifully detailed inside painted snuff bottles - featuring artwork… [read review or visit site]

Hall of Jades

Hall of Jades

The Field Museum houses an informative, permanent exhibition dedicated to Jade. Browse the highlights of the exhibi… [read review or visit site]

Historic Glass Bottle Identification

Historic Glass Bottle Identification

Bill Lindsey's fantastic bottle identification and information site. Loaded with detailed descriptions and diagrams… [read review or visit site]

Cape May County Bottle Collectors

Cape May County Bottle Collectors

Ed and Mark Runyon's wonderful guide to the antique bottles of Cape May County, New Jersey is a great site for anyo… [read review or visit site]

Antique Bottle Collector's Haven

Antique Bottle Collector's Haven

There's a ton of information here, but as with bottles, you have to dig to find the best stuff. Start with the famo… [read review or visit site]

Diggersdiary.co.uk

Diggersdiary.co.uk

This great site, from British diggers Darren Gray and Jeremy Kemp, is rich in information about hunting for antique… [read review or visit site]

Bottle Cap Index

Bottle Cap Index

Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [read review or visit site]

Plopsite.de

Plopsite.de

Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [read review or visit site]

Old Spice Collectibles

Old Spice Collectibles

Lather up with Creighton Friceks complete chronology of collectible Old Spice shaving products. Start with the bott… [read review or visit site]


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Antique Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle Coral Top$198.65 Ends Sunday 1 bid 33 watchers
Gorgeous Chinese 19th C. 2 Paintings Agate Snuff Bottle$54.00 Ends Monday 11 bids 9 watchers
Fantastic 10 Snuff Bottles & Collectibles- 1 Lot Price$50.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 3 watchers
Amazing Antique Shell Snuff Perfume Bottle ~chattalaine$50.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 18 watchers
A Chinese Porcelain Mini Vase Or Snuff Bottle.$41.88 Ends Sunday 1 bid 5 watchers
Chinese Agate Child Caught Ducks Snuff Bottle 19th C$39.00 Ends Sunday 10 bids 13 watchers
Antique Chinese Imperial Yellow Glass Snuff Bottle$36.00 Ends Sunday 9 bids 4 watchers
Floater Agate Snuff Bottle W/saucer Set$35.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 4 watchers
Old Chinese Agate Carved Goldfish Snuff Bottle$31.00 Ends Friday 18 bids 15 watchers
6 Scrimshaw Opium Snuff Bottles W/ Erotic Etchings$31.00 Ends Monday 3 bids 3 watchers
Chinese Enameledcopper Snuff Bottle $30.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Antique Chinese Jade Snuff Bottle Early 20th Century Nr$30.00 Ends Sunday 4 bids 23 watchers
Cabbage Shape Burmese Jadeite Jade Snuff Bottle$27.93 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 6 watchers
Fine Old Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle~semi-transparent$26.01 Ends Saturday 4 bids 13 watchers
Unakite Snuff Bottle$25.17 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 2 watchers
Signed Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle-battle $22.50 Ends Monday 3 bids 2 watchers
Antique Chinese Quan Kwan Yin Cinnabar Snuff Bottle$22.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids 5 watchers
Signed Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle$19.95 Ends Monday 1 bid 7 watchers
Signed Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle-18 Lohan$19.95 Ends Monday 1 bid 10 watchers
Person&landscape Carving"shou Shan"stone Snuff Bottle$18.00 Ends Saturday 7 bids 3 watchers
Egg Shape Cloisoone Flower Snuff Bottle$17.49 Ends in 38 mins 5 bids 2 watchers
Agate The God Of Longevity Shape Snuff Bottle$17.49 Ends in 38 mins 7 bids 2 watchers
Vintage Red Cinnabar Snuff Bottle Shows Woman In Garden$16.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Old Chinese Porcelain 18th C. Famille Rose Snuff Bottle$16.00 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 15 watchers
Agate Foot & Araneid Snuff Bottle$15.85 Ends Saturday 2 bids
Green Agate Pig Shape Snuff Bottle$15.85 Ends Saturday 2 bids
Zi Tao Stone Lizard Pattern Snuff Bottle$15.50 Ends Sunday 8 bids 2 watchers
Glass Inside-drawing Snuff Bottle - Bamboo & Flower$14.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Molded Porcelain "famille Rose" Chinese Snuff Bottle$14.95 Ends Thursday 1 bid 1 watcher
Funny Red Agate Snuff Bottle$14.89 Ends in 37 mins 5 bids
Natural Yellow Crystalloid Agate Snuff Bottle$14.89 Ends in 38 mins 2 bids 4 watchers
Green Agate Buddha Foot Shape Snuff Bottle$14.39 Ends in 37 mins 6 bids 2 watchers
Antique Old Collectable Asian Japanese Snuff Bottle$13.71 Ends Saturday 1 bid 7 watchers
Antique Carved Japanese Opium Snuff Bottle Figural Sgnd$12.00 Ends Wednesday 5 bids 20 watchers
Antique Chinese Genuine Amber Snuff Bottle Early 20th$11.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 15 watchers
Fossil The God Of Longevity & Deer Snuff Bottle$11.50 Ends in 37 mins 3 bids 3 watchers
Green Peking Glass Pig Shape Snuff Bottle$11.50 Ends in 37 mins 8 bids 1 watcher
Agate Carved Wild Boar Shape Snuff Bottle$11.50 Ends Saturday 2 bids 1 watcher
Blue Peking Glass Carved Cicada Shape Snuff Bottle$11.00 Ends in 35 mins 6 bids 2 watchers
Rainbow Fluorite Snuff Bottle$11.00 Ends in 37 mins 4 bids 3 watchers
Agate Carved Fish Shape Snuff Bottle$10.50 Ends in 37 mins 2 bids 2 watchers
Refined Foo Dog Ox Bone Sculpt Snuff Bottle$10.50 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 2 watchers
Huge Tibet Silver Full Turquoise Gothic Snuff Bottle$10.04 Ends in 4 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Tibet Silver Dorje 6 Mantra Turquoise Snuff Bottle$10.04 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
Banded Crystalloid Agate Snuff Bottle$10.00 Ends Saturday 5 bids 3 watchers
1940s Snuff Bottle$10.00 Ends in 17 mins 1 bid
5 Antique Levi Snuff Jar Brown Glass Bottles 2,3,4 Dots$9.99 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Light Green Snuff Bottle$9.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 3 watchers
Asian Tibetan Rare Turquoise Snuff Bottle ????????$9.97 Ends Sunday 10 bids 6 watchers
Chinese Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle $9.90 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Chinese Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle $9.90 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Old Peking Glass Snuff Bottle $9.90 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 5 watchers

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