A red overlaid glass 'mallow flower' snuff bottleLate 18th/early 19th centuryThe flattened globular-form bottle standing on a slightly flared oval foot ring, with a wide mouth, thin and delicate lip, the transparent ground suffused with tiny white specks, carved through a layer of ruby-red glass on each broad side with a mallow flower blossom between a pair of finely rendered faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the shoulders.2 1/8in (5.3cm)