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« on: April 22, 2018, 10:57:18 am »

Found this bottle in an antique shop just recently, along with another I will be asking about when I get a photo. I was thrilled to find a few snuff bottles in an actual brick and mortar store. Especially in a remote town outside of Waco, Texas.  So I had to buy it, just for the experience!!

    It is very smooth in my hand and it is also quite thin. There is a nice shiny brass, or maybe even gilt spoon.

     The fun was worth the $40.00, but was the bottle?

       Kaja


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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2018, 06:48:40 pm »

Kaja,

I remember finding my first bottle in an antique store!  Unfortunately, my sightings since have been few and far between...
Congrats on a modern cloisonne.

Cheers,

Rube.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2018, 08:47:26 am »

Dear Kaja,

   I agree with Rube.
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Joey
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2018, 12:58:13 pm »

Thank you both. It was exciting to find a snuff bottle locally.  Now I want to visit all the antique stores again.

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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2018, 05:25:14 am »

Dear Kaja,

    Genuine antique SBs are still out there. Don't give up hope (though it doesn't sound like you are  Roll Eyes Grin)....

     Just a couple of years ago, I was visiting a dear friend, Rick, in New Orleans. He had alerted me to the fact that a late 18th C. Fruit form Spinach green Nephrite Jade with a coral stem stopper, had been  'bought in' at a local auction only a few days prior to my visit, and could be had for under US$1,000 (US$800 hammer price, plus the auction's 10-15% commission, and the State's tax on the commission).

    Proving the adage that no good deed goes unpunished, I dragged poor Rick 6 or 7 blocks in the muggy hot N.O. Afternoon, past these scruffy street people, to go to the  auction house to buy it IMMEDIATELY! I have it and am very happy with it,

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