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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: July 14, 2017, 04:05:21 pm »

Dear Rube,

    In Dec. 2015, I bought one of the genuine late 18th/early 19th C. examples from the O'Dell Collection, # 75, I believe; sold with 58 other bottles to a Mr. Servier in Paris in 2005.

    Yours is ca. 1960-1971, as Tom surmised. The size is a giveaway. All the genuine early bottles, and also those made between ca.1850-1910, are
about 60-65 mm tall, 55-60 mm wide, and ±15 mm thick.
 
    And there are a lot of age cracks.

    Yours is nicely made and better than the average; but still post Perry book.
Best,
Joey
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Joey Silver (Si Zhouyi 義周司), collecting snuff bottles since Feb.1970

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