Showing posts with label lady bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lady bug. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Antique Hand Carved Ivory Snuff Bottle

Here is one of the more interesting snuff bottles I have. It is an antique from around the early to mid 1800s and is real Elephant Ivory.  Unfortunately the stopper with the spoon was missing when I purchased it, like a lot of very old snuff bottles. It is hand carved into the shape of a pepper with a lady bug and caterpillar on it. This bottle is maybe 2.5 to 3 inches long. It is one of the ones currently in storage. When I get them out I will add more pictures of this one. Here is one for now. Enjoy!