THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of flattened spherical shape, one side incised and carved in shallow relief with a flaming pearl, using the dusty dark inclusion to suggest smoke; the second of flattened ovoid shape, hollowed from banded agate with russet inclusions; the third of rounded rectangular shape with lion-mask handles, hollowed from chalcedony with fern-like inclusions, all 19th Century (3)

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THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of flattened spherical shape, one side incised and carved in shallow relief with a flaming pearl, using the dusty dark inclusion to suggest smoke; the second of flattened ovoid shape, hollowed from banded agate with russet inclusions; the third of rounded rectangular shape with lion-mask handles, hollowed from chalcedony with fern-like inclusions, all 19th Century (3)

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