TWO GLASS 'IMITATION' SNUFF BOTTLES 1730-1820 (2)TWO GLASS 'IMITATION' SNUFF BOTTLES1730-1820The first a crizzled purple glass bottle made to imitate amethyst, 1730-1780, its round body standing on a carefully raised and recessed foot, with a sensitively waisted neck and flat lip, each main side adorned with a raised, conforming panel; the second a simple ovoid form bottle in attractive mottled green and pale gray shades to imitate jadeite, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip and foot, 1750-1820.2in (5.1cm) height of each (2).1730-1820 料胎鼻煙壺兩件Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, nos. 10 and 118Both amethyst and jadeite were materials highly prized at the court during the eighteenth century. The innovative glass makers were keen to show their technical virtuosity and produced glass in imitation of other more traditional materials.