Gold-painted glass bottle snuff

[Golden-painted glass bottle snuff]

Golden-painted glass bottle snuff, clear, 14 cm high, 10.5 cm wide and 7.3 cm thick
The glass bottle is colorless and transparent, with a wide belly, a thin neck, a long and thin plug with a round bead top, and a golden European pattern on the shoulder. The snuff in the bottle is finely ground and of high quality
Snuff was introduced into China in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, and gradually became popular in the Qing Dynasty, becoming a social fashion. European snuff is generally transferred to the royal family through Guangdong Customs, and some of it is brought to Beijing by Western missionaries to pay tribute to the emperor. These bottles of tribute cigarettes were presented to the court by Guangdong officials