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Moss Agate Black White Snuff Bottle
Located in Somis, CA
resemble white clouds and black bamboos, the bottle looks like an abstract watercolor painting. The stone
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20th Century Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

18th Century Snuff Bottle Chinese Agate Coral
Located in London, GB
A very fine 18th century Zhiting school, Chinese carved carved agate snuff box decorated with
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Agate, Coral

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Hand-Painted Birds and Flowers, Circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, hand-painted, Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain, circa 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Peking Glass Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
with floral relief, snuff bottle with carp carving, carved cup on a stand, and a pair of carved bowls
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Antique 1730s Chinese Glass

Materials

Glass

Edwardian Set of Silver Cut Glass and Guilloché Enamel Perfume Bottles with Box
Located in North Miami, FL
precise shapes and angles. Each perfume bottle has a stopper, and the pill/snuff/make-up box includes a
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bottles

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Crystal, Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Enamel

Two Chinese Turquoise Snuff Bottles
Located in Bradenton, FL
Two 19th century Chinese Carved Turquoise Snuff Bottles. Bottles are small in size and have have
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Other

Vintage Rock Crystal Quartz Snuff Bottle
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful vintage snuff bottle crafted from all-natural rock crystal quartz. Of bulbous shape and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Bottles

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

Three Snuff Bottles Painted Inside Natures
Located in Somis, CA
A set of three snuff bottles, each a piece of art capturing the essence of nature. Painted free
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Reverse Painted Snuff Bottles 2 Belles
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Reverse Painted Snuff Bottle with Crane
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Reverse Painted Snuff Bottle with Crane
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Antique Rose Quartz Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful 19th century natural rose quartz Chinese snuff bottle. Carved on one side a regal
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Bottles

Materials

Rose Quartz

Early 20th Century Chinese Agate and Jade Snuff Bottles
Located in Brea, CA
Early 20th century Chinese agate and jade snuff bottles from the Qing dynasty. 4 in total. Includes
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Jade

Reverse Painted 2 Snuff Bottles with Fish
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Turquoise Glass Snuff Bottle with Carved Figures and Spoon Top
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, which we date to the mid-20th century, circa 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Export Snuff Bottle Porcelain Hand Painted with Hardwood Stand
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, hand painted in cobalt blue and with a very good
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Snuff Bottles Églomisé Reverse Painted Set 2 Peony
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

18th Century Chinese Snuff Bottle porcelain Celadon with Elephant Head Handles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, with a gourd shape and unusual elephant
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Snuff Bottles Set Églomisé Reverse Painted Purple Magpies
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Snuff Bottle, Natural Agate, Hand-Carved, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and very decorative Chinese snuff bottle from the 20th century, circa 1930. The
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Bottles

Materials

Agate, Metal

Chinese Snuff Bottle Miao Silver Cased Glass Finely Inside Painted
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle with a Miao Silver case, the bottle being
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Silver

Églomisé Reverse Painted 4 Snuff Bottles Peonies Birds
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Snuff Bottle, Porcelain, Hand Painted Cranes, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality Chinese SNUFF BOTTLE, made from porcelain, circa 1920. The bottle has a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Snuff Bottle w/ Miniature Enamel Painting, XVIII Century
Located in New York, NY
This rare 18th century snuff bottle made of copper is covered all over its surface with a beautiful
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Antique 1780s French Rococo Bottles

Materials

Enamel

Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1925
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1925
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1925
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle with a spoon top, which we date to
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Glass

Églomisé Reverse Painted Snuff Bottles Set of Three Peonies
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Snuff Bottles Set Églomisé Reverse Painted Orchid Prunus Flowers
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Tiger Snuff Bottles Églomisé Reverse Painted Set of 2
Located in Somis, CA
For the Year of Tiger, a pair of beautiful snuff bottles topped with gemstone agate lids and 100
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Antique Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle with Rose Quartz Top Qing Dynasty
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful 19th century natural rock crystal Chinese snuff bottle. Carved on both sides an oval
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Bottles

Materials

Rock Crystal

Chinese Yellow Glass Snuff Bottle Finely Hand Enamelled 4-Character Base Mark
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, beautifully hand enameled, which we date to the mid
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Snuff Bottle Overlay Cameo Glass finely carved, Late Qing Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to the late Qing
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Snuff Bottle Hand Carved Natural Serpentine Stone Spoon Top, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese snuff bottle, heavy for its size and hand carved from a mottled stone
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

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Serpentine, Bronze

Fine, Chinese, Enamelled Snuff Bottle, Hand painted portraits, mid 20thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
A superbly hand painted example of a Chinese enameled snuff bottle. The circular body of this
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Copper

Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle Finely Inside Painted with Spoon Top, 19th C. Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, which is beautifully inside hand painted and dating
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Snuff Bottle Natural Agate Red Ceramic Stopper and Spoon, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese snuff bottle. The striking bottle is hand-carved from natural agate
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20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Finely Hand Painted Signed, Circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain and finely hand painted in
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Opaque Glass Snuff Bottle Hand Enamelled 4-Character Base Mark, Ca 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, beautifully hand enamelled, which we date to the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Blue Stone Snuff Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff bottles. This example
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20th Century Chinese Vases

Materials

Stone

Chinese Snuff Bottle Hand Enameled Cloisonne 100 Flowers Decoration, 19thC Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a Chinese snuff bottle, made from cloisonne´ with hand enamelled
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Opaque Glass Snuff Bottle Hand Enamelled 3-Character Base Mark
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, beautifully hand enameled, which we date to the mid
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Snuff Bottle, Natural Jade, Orange Stone Stopper and Spoon, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and very decorative Chinese snuff bottle from the 20th century, circa 1930. The
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20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Jade

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle moulded dragon stone top with spoon, Circa 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain with a moulded dragon and stone
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Snuff Bottle Natural Agate Mottled Green Stopper with Spoon, Ca 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and very decorative Chinese snuff bottle from the early-mid-20th century, circa
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Blue Glass Snuff Bottle Hand-Painted 4 Character Mark, Circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese snuff bottle, which we date to the earlier part of the 20th century
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Blue and White Hand-Painted Dragons, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain, circa 1925. The cylindrical
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Opaque Glass Snuff Bottle Hand Enamelled 4-Character Base Mark
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, beautifully hand enameled, which we date to the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

19th Century, Chinese Porcelain SNUFF BOTTLE, Blue and White, Ming Style
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain during the 19th Century. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Bottles

Materials

Agate

Chinese Snuff Bottle Emerald Green mottled Natural Stone Hand-Worked, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and very decorative Chinese snuff bottle, made of a type of a natural stone with a
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Stone

Chinese White Jade Snuff Bottle, Hand Carved with Red Stone Spoon Top
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese, White Jade Snuff Bottle with a red stone top and spoon, dating to the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Jade

Chinese Snuff Bottle Hand Enameled Cloisonne with Red Stone Stopper, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a Chinese snuff bottle, made from cloisonné with hand enameled
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Églomisé Reverse Painted Snuff Bottles Set of Five Flowers and Birds
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

Églomisé Reverse Painted Snuff Bottles Set of Two Bamboo and Fisherman
Located in Somis, CA
Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The
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2010s Chinese Bottles

Materials

Agate

19th Century, CHINESE Snuff Bottle, Hand Enamelled On Glass, QING Dynasty
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a Chinese Snuff Bottle, made from opaque white glass with hand
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Glass

Chinese Snuff Bottle Hand Enamelled Dragons on Copper spoon top, circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese enamelled snuff bottle, with two hand painted dragons and coloured borders around
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles

Materials

Copper

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Snuff Bottles For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of snuff bottles is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct snuff bottles — often made from stone, glass and agate — can elevate any home. We have 150 antique and vintage snuff bottles in-stock, while there are 24 modern editions to choose from as well. Snuff bottles have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. modern, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts snuff bottles are consistently popular styles. Snuff bottles have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany Co., Imperial Glass Co. and Ron Nagle are consistently popular.

How Much are Snuff Bottles?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $384, while they’re typically $25 on the low end and $19,850 highest priced.

Finding the Right Bottles for You

Over time, many different styles of vintage, new and antique bottles have found second lives as coveted decorative objects in pristine display cases all over the world. Originally, these bottles may have been decanters and flasks for spirits and liqueurs, medicine and perfume bottles or functional vases for fresh floral arrangements.

We know that glass can be a radical art form. So your vintage art glass or Art Deco pieces will stand on their own to be admired by all alongside your other treasured collectibles in your living room or dining room. But maybe you’re thinking about decorating elsewhere in your home with the other types of glass bottles that you’ve picked up over the years.

There are many corners of your space that can be brightened by an arrangement of bottles of various sizes, shapes and colors. Spruce up your kitchen, bedroom, craft room or art studio by lining the window sill with an array of glass bottles. In this case, you’ll want to use glass bottles instead of ceramic or metal, as transparent material in the sunlight — particularly colored bottles — will introduce energy and pops of color to adjacent walls and surfaces.

Grouping short, tall, thin and wide bottles — some with flowers, some without — on a tabletop, buffet or desk in your home office can bring a much-needed dynamic as a centerpiece or merely dress up a workspace.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage, new and antique glass bottles that includes mid-century modern bottles, Murano glass and more.

Questions About Snuff Bottles
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    Snuff bottles are containers designed to hold small amounts of snuff, which is a type of powdered tobacco popularized in China during the Qing Dynasty for its medicinal advantages. Find a variety of antique and modern snuff bottles to shop on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Snuff bottles were used in China in the early 18th century. The bottle contained powdered tobacco, which was illegal to smoke, but was considered a remedy for colds and headaches and was therefore allowed in bottles in powdered form. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic snuff bottles from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Chinese snuff bottles are decorative containers originally produced during the Qing Dynasty. Their original purpose was to hold powdered tobacco. However, most people use snuff bottles as decorative objects today. You can find a range of Chinese snuff bottles on 1stDibs.