A PUDDINGSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1860A PUDDINGSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1860Well-hollowed, the rounded square bottle rising to a cylindrical neck from an oval footrim, with a flat lip, the narrow sides flanked with a pair of faux lion mask-and-ring handles; the green matrix marked with gray, red and brown inclusions, forming natural irregular-shaped patches. 2 1/4in (5.8cm) high1750-1860 抱子石刻舖首啣環鼻煙壺一件Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 216This is an unusual example of a 'puddingstone' snuff bottle. Nevertheless it comes under this category as the stone is a quartz conglomerate consisting of irregular small quartz pebbles embedded in a siliceous matrix.