Gilt and Mother of Pearl Lac Burgaute Snuff Bottle
A Lac Burgaute snuff bottle of Flatten rounded shape, decorated with gilt on a black ground with a central square inlaid with Mother of pearl, bottom with gilt characters to base. Provenance: private South African collection. Height 2.56 in.
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- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Chinese snuff bottles, material
