An agate snuff bottle

18th/19th century

the very well hollowed rounded rectangular bottle with concave lip and recessed foot, left undecorated with the dark markings in different shades of brown positioned vertically on both sides of the bottle, the translucent stone of pale light beige colour, coral stopper

height 5.1 cm without stopper

Provenance:
from a Dutch private collection acquired prior to the 1980’s