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Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottle
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Chinese snuff bottle.
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20th Century Chinese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottle
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Chinese snuff bottle.
Category

20th Century Chinese Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottle
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Chinese snuff bottle.
Category

20th Century Chinese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Celadon Green Jade Snuff Bottle Featuring Happy Buddha
Located in SOMIS, CA
This wonderful snuff bottle is completely made of jade. The color is a beautiful, soft, light green
Category

20th Century Chinese Bottles

Materials

Jade

Chinese Cameo Green Yellow Forest Hand Carved Snuff Bottle, Pre 1920
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Chinese Cameo green & yellow forest hand carved snuff bottle, Pre 1920 Hand carved horses in
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20th Century Bottles

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Glass

Nudes Reverse Painted Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle in Manner of Artist Titian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Mid-Century Chinese cased glass reverse painted snuff bottle with coveted jade cork
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Bottles

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Jade

Mongolian Style Silver Repoussé Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Mongolian style silver repoussé snuff bottle decorated with an overall design of nine lions playing
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

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Silver

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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 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 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
    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.