EditorialSnuff Bottle in Simulated Realgar, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), late 18th century, China, Variegated red glass with turquoise stopper, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Snuff Bottles.
EditorialMetals including molybdenite in quartz, dirty chromite with oxide of chrome, antimonite, pyrantimonite, arsenic, orpiment, realgar crystal, arsenite octahedrons and pharmakolite. Chromolithograph from Dr. Aldolph Kenngott's "Mineralogy" section in Gott...