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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4374899, member: 2844&quot;]I agree. Inside painted bottles are always attractive and it is amazing that a painter can create an image with a special brush through a small opening, but there are huge differences in quality.</p><p>A rubbery stopper with a red top like on the crane bottle means serial production. Factory painters will paint series of crane bottles, peony bottles, kitten bottles, etc.</p><p>A tourist&#039;s name is not really a bonus. An added date helps knowing the age of the bottle, but it doesn&#039;t influence the value of a souvenir.</p><p><br /></p><p>What looks like a signature can be a title of the painting or a date. Actual signatures on factory painted bottles can&#039;t be found in the registers of artist painters, because those bottles are decorative, not fine art.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, artist painted bottles are very collectible and can be very valuable.</p><p>Here is some info on artist painted snuff bottles:</p><p><a href="https://www.ddartwork.com/post/the-art-of-miniature-painting-chinese-snuff-bottle-a-collectible-novelty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ddartwork.com/post/the-art-of-miniature-painting-chinese-snuff-bottle-a-collectible-novelty" rel="nofollow">https://www.ddartwork.com/post/the-art-of-miniature-painting-chinese-snuff-bottle-a-collectible-novelty</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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