Message #48652

[cshapiro]

Dear Joey,

MM must have been a character! I laughed at Robert Hall's description about their rocky relationship.

I can relate to her, as you know, I am also very opinionated!

This month marks my one year anniversary of collecting snuff bottles and I've been very fond of the faceted ones since the beginning.

I have several - some octagon, some other shapes, but none with marks.  I can relate to MM saying the marked ones are as rare as hen's teeth and appreciate the significance if mine is genuine.

The very first one I bought for something like $20 on EBay is still one of my favorites even though it's most likely fake. I think the cutout on the bottom is probably a clue although the glass always seemed right to me.



There are two others I suspect may be old.  Both of them are extremely light weight. This one the most likely candidate: