A GROUP OF FOUR VARIOUS HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES THE FIRST OF FLATTENED SPHERICAL SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM PUDDING STONE WITH ATTRACTIVE LARGE CIRCULAR AND OVAL CREAM AND DARK GREEN INCLUSIONS; THE SECOND OF ROUNDED RECTANGULAR SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM LAPIS LAZULI, WITH MOTTLED GREY AND GOLD FLECK INCLUSIONS; THE THIRD OF OVOID SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM BASALT WITH GREY MARBLY INCLUSIONS ON A BROWN-RED GROUND; THE LAST OF SOAPSTONE LEFT AS A NATURAL PEBBLE, THE STONE OF PALE CREAM AND RUSSETT TONE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY - STOPPERS (4)

细节
A GROUP OF FOUR VARIOUS HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES THE FIRST OF FLATTENED SPHERICAL SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM PUDDING STONE WITH ATTRACTIVE LARGE CIRCULAR AND OVAL CREAM AND DARK GREEN INCLUSIONS; THE SECOND OF ROUNDED RECTANGULAR SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM LAPIS LAZULI, WITH MOTTLED GREY AND GOLD FLECK INCLUSIONS; THE THIRD OF OVOID SHAPE, HOLLOWED FROM BASALT WITH GREY MARBLY INCLUSIONS ON A BROWN-RED GROUND; THE LAST OF SOAPSTONE LEFT AS A NATURAL PEBBLE, THE STONE OF PALE CREAM AND RUSSETT TONE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY - STOPPERS (4)
来源
THE FULFORD COLLECTION S.86, THE LAPIS BOTTLE