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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9856611, member: 2844"]It is an inside painted bottle, made for tourists or export. Cute, but not a quality bottle, and of no interest for collectors.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would say 1960s, but it doesn't matter much to the value. But first a question, is the spoon plastic or bone?</p><p><br /></p><p>That depends on the type of bottle. Flat based bottles have been around ever since the Qianlong period, so 18th century. Possibly earlier as well, but proper documentation began in the Qianlong period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Round based bottles were made to be carried in clothing or pouches. Flat based could also be carried, but they were easier to display as a trinket. Snuff bottle collecting became fashionable during the Qianlong era, so that is when flat based bottles were useful for display and as gifts. Round based bottles were still made though, and they are made to this day.</p><p>Of course this was all long before Marote's bottle was made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9856611, member: 2844"]It is an inside painted bottle, made for tourists or export. Cute, but not a quality bottle, and of no interest for collectors.:( I would say 1960s, but it doesn't matter much to the value. But first a question, is the spoon plastic or bone? That depends on the type of bottle. Flat based bottles have been around ever since the Qianlong period, so 18th century. Possibly earlier as well, but proper documentation began in the Qianlong period. Round based bottles were made to be carried in clothing or pouches. Flat based could also be carried, but they were easier to display as a trinket. Snuff bottle collecting became fashionable during the Qianlong era, so that is when flat based bottles were useful for display and as gifts. Round based bottles were still made though, and they are made to this day. Of course this was all long before Marote's bottle was made.[/QUOTE]
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