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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9605131, member: 2844"]Beautiful bottle, EDR.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It is indeed an inside painted rock crystal snuff bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The painting style is 20th century at the earliest. The face is an indicator. My guess is late 20th century.</p><p>With inside painted bottles the focus is generally on the artistry, preferably by a known artist, not the age. But in this case the material and carving are more important than the painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could you show us the braiding and scrollwork? I don't think it is worn, the bottle isn't that old. I think it is meant to look that way, the other carving isn't very pronounced either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stone doesn't wear off very easily, I have 18th century snuff bottles with almost crisp looking carving, and Archaic period carvings that are also still very detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you'll find that is a stylised toad.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9605131, member: 2844"]Beautiful bottle, EDR.:happy: It is indeed an inside painted rock crystal snuff bottle. The painting style is 20th century at the earliest. The face is an indicator. My guess is late 20th century. With inside painted bottles the focus is generally on the artistry, preferably by a known artist, not the age. But in this case the material and carving are more important than the painting. Could you show us the braiding and scrollwork? I don't think it is worn, the bottle isn't that old. I think it is meant to look that way, the other carving isn't very pronounced either. Stone doesn't wear off very easily, I have 18th century snuff bottles with almost crisp looking carving, and Archaic period carvings that are also still very detailed. I think you'll find that is a stylised toad.;)[/QUOTE]
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