An agate snuff bottle
19th century
Well hollowed, of flattened, rounded rectangular form, resting on a flat, oval foot, the stone of a pale translucent grey with dark brown inclusions carved in relief as a pair of perching birds below a tree flanked by the sun, scattered clouds and hovering birds, coral stopper carved as a curling Buddhist lion. 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high (2).