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19th Century Coquilla Nut Combination Stanhope Snuff Bottle.

A well carved engine turned coquilla nut snuff bottle in four sections, having a finial with a screw thread, incorporating a stanhope depicting a rural landscape. The delicately carved centre section has a vacant interior for the snuff, with a screw threaded removable concave base.

Stanhopes are optical devices that enable the viewing of microphotographs without having to use a microscope. They were invented by a Frenchman, Rene Dagrun, in 1857. Many different artifacts were made and he exhibited them at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1859, from that time they became very popular.

 

French Circa 1880.

Dimensions

4¼ in. (11 cm.) High 1½ in. (4 cm.) Diameter




Stock number

S/5417
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