Post #108063 by laney on Thu, Aug 12, 2004 5:39 PM

I put "snuff bottle" into ebay and came up with several pages and prices from $1.00 to hundreds. Be wary of some of the ages and decriptions given, my Mom thinks some are laughable.

Although snuff bottles are common I've seen new passed off as old, bone passed of as ivory, and glass passed of as jade, coral, etc. But many are beautiful and have animals, insects, flowers, etc. carved or scenes depicted like weddings, funerals, etc.

Be sure to ask if the cork is in tact and fits nicely. Sometimes they break off or are old and brittle. They have a little spoon attached which you could break off or use to insert the ashes.

I don't know if you are a guy or girl but you can experiment (or I can try this here) with cording them to make a pendant. Many are 2 inches or less. I've traveled with lots of jewelry including ivory, jade and coral and I've been stuck in customs too (not for the jewelry) I don't think it would be a problem and a quck explaination should work unless you also had a box of ivory tusks with you.

[ Edited by: laney on 2004-08-12 17:42 ]