Here is an old Tibetan Silver Armor Snuff Bottle. This is a great piece of valuable collection, a valuable personal alter or a very good present. 

Chinese snuff bottle has a long history of four hundred years so far. It is a favourite thing as Chinese cultural relic in the world. Also it's an epitome of Chinese art. Chinese paintings, foreign paintings, calligraphy, engrave, inlay, and bowlder, porcelain, lacquer, enamel and metal, etc art all concentrate in snuff bottle. 

The snuff comes to China in Longqing Period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, people are put snuff into the bottle as medicine. When you want to use it, you can get it from the bottle, it's very convenience. The utensil that is filled with snuff was called "snuff bottle". The popular snuff makes the snuff bottle developed quickly. People can make different shape bottles use all kinds of material, such as: Gold, Silver, Copper, Porcelain, Bowlder, Coral, Agate, Jade, Crystal, Wood, Bamboo root, gourd, etc. The snuff bottle not only has a certain practicability, also as an important present in international intercourse. According to the history record, Kangxi 58 Year(1719) of Qing Dynasty, Peter the Great of Russia has been deputed to Yisi Mand Luofu as Chinese ambassador. They visited chinese glass factory of Made department in Yangxin Palace after they got to China, and have seen lots of fine snuff bottles. The snuff bottles in Qing Dynasty were changed present to foreign kings by the Shengzu emperor of Qing Dynasty through foreign ambassadors.