Chinese Cobalt Blue and Clear Reverse Painted double scene Snuff Bottle Pattern_Jackdaw of Rheims which had been held by

which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fitz Alan (c

5cms (4 1/2") diameter at mouth

Issued: 1976-1981

Captain Ahab is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville's Moby - Dick (1851)

Height: approx 10cms (4") tall

Chinese Cobalt Blue and Clear Reverse Painted double scene Snuff Bottle Pattern_Jackdaw of Rheims which had been held byChinese Cobalt Blue and Clear Reverse Painted double scene Snuff Bottle One scene depicts a Man playing a stringed musical instrument in his lap, while seated by a river the other side depicts an elder standing by a river with mountains in the background These bottles are painted by skilled painters who paint using the hole in the top of the bottle to apply the paint to the inner walls of the bottle talk about skill! c. 1950 Approx 7cms (2 3 3") tall