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Butterflies Porcelain Bottle

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« on: April 06, 2016, 01:39:38 pm »
I think that the second SB you posted is a hardstone possibly Soapstone or Steatite.  In the image below you can see that the character was carved out of the surface 

* Hardstone Snuff xxcmH forum 1.jpg (153.01 KB, 712x744 - viewed 23 times.)
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