Featured Is this anything...or nothing special ?

Sorry for the poor pics......but I doubt the object merits better....
About 3 1/2 tall by 3 wide.
The cap is stone , the snuff is glass...likely a mold.

 

The bottle looks like pottery to me but you have it in hand.

 

Isn't that for opium?
Try to get it past the dogs at the airport to test it.

 

You're right of course...........porcelain
I've been distracted as of late......sorry for the error !

 

I understand.
How are you and 'poppy' doing?

 

Opium is too sticky & hard to ever enter or leave the opening.

It's called a snuff bottle for a reason...

 

not good..

 

Well you see... what do I know about that stuff.

 

I wish for a better day today and more to come for the both of you.

 

The bottle looks like molded porcelain, bone spoon, serpentine top on cork stopper.
Those serpentine discs were used a lot from the 1920s-'50s.

Snuff bottles were meant for snuff tobacco and herbal medicine. Opium had other containers, but if you really want you can try getting the goo in and out of such a tiny opening.

The 'imperial' mark on the bottom is a reference to a certain period, it is not the period the bottle was made in. This doesn't mean the bottle is a fake. The mark is often used when something is in the style of that period or just as an hommage to an emperor or style.

 

Thank you AJ !

 

Pleasure, and good luck with the little beauty.

 

It's my Mom's.....I'll be keeping it.

 

Can't blame you, it is lovely.