I found this old glass snuff bottle in China.  It has been painted in great detail on the inside of the bottle using a very old technique.  The scene of one side is a Chinese home by a lake with a flowering tree and mountains in the background.  The other side shows a man walking by a lake with a waterfall and mountains and trees in the background.  The colors are greens, blues and oranges.  Both side have Chinese script  on the upper part of the bottle - most likely a poem about the scene.  It can be worn with either side facing forward.  I have topped it with a piece a carved green jade and suspended it from a black Natural leather cord that is adjustable from 15 inches to 30 inches so it can be worn a variety of lengths.  The bottle drops 3 1/2” from the cord and is 1” wide.  This is a one of a kind necklace as well as a collector’s item.  It can decorate your home when you are not wearing it.

Snuff bottles were originally used during the Qing Dynasty to carry powder tobacco as smoking was illegal during that time.  Snuff was considered a medicine and a treatment for all kinds of ailments including colds, stomach aches and headaches.  Once smoking was legal the prized possessions became collector’s items  The inside painted bottles often depict a scene and calligraphy, usually a poem.  They were painted using a tiny brush, sometimes as small a single hair, and was achieved through the neck of the bottle.  The more detailed the scene and the more famous the artist the more valuable the bottles are.