Vintage Carved Cinnabar Perfume Bottle or Snuff Bottle

This fabulous, unusual bottle is absolutely gorgeous! - tactile and beautifully designed iwith layers of different carving - I love it and orignally believed it to be an unusual perfume bottle, someone said they thought that it was actually a snuff bottle, and now I guess Im just not sure.  It is made of what I would describe as a Cinnabar type material similar to the carved bracelets that I have seen, it is hard to the "tooth tapping" test :), but it is a deep dark amber yellow colour.  It has obvious age and will fascinate any buyer.  It stands c. 3" inch tall.  There are a couple of "nicks" to the top, but they do not detract in my opinion, it is just a very interesting and very attractive bottle - what went in it....now that's the question I can't answer!  (any advice warmly welcome!)

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I am always happy to combine postage certainly smaller items travel well together and often attract big discounts on the 2nd item postal costs.