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Interesting Article from 1918 on Snuff Bottles

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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: August 13, 2017, 09:41:31 am »
Dear Adrian,

    I must admit that, thanks to friendship with some De Beers heirs, I understand why most cultures were not as 'crazy' about diamonds as Western culture of the 20th and early 21st C. has been (with it going to East Asia, etc. later): They did not have good PR selling diamonds till the Oppenheimers got involved in the South African Diamond trade!  Roll Eyes Shocked  Wink

   I thought that Chinese always carried a small piece of white Nephrite Jade with them.
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Joey
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