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Bottles.
Nos. 157, 158. Snuff-bottles. These are made in various
shapes with narrow necks and cork-fitted stoppers, to which a
small spoon is attached whereby to take the snuff out of the
bottle (No. 159). It will be noticed that No. 157 represents
the old Chinese motive of the squirrel and grapes.
No. 160. Gourd-shaped bottle.
No. 161. Triple gourd-shaped bottle.
No. 162. bottle. These are made flat so as to
Pilgrim
wear on the person by means of a cord passed through the
four loops on the bottle.
No. 163. Sprinkler. These were used to sprinkle rose
water and other perfumes before the days of indiarubber sprays.
No. 164. Globular bottle with neck.
cylindrical
No. 165. bottle neck and collar
Pear-shaped (with long
near the mouth).
No. 166. Water-bottle.
No. 167. Wine-bottle or jar.
These bottles are sometimes called bottled-shaped vases,
but when are bottles it is better to call them so, indicat-
they
the if need be. To call them
ing shape bottled-shaped
vases leads to confusion with No. 130, now known that
by
name.
Of tear-bottles, the Chinese, when seem to know
questioned,
nothing, and no mention is made of them by writers on Chinese
manners and customs, so that the small bottles which were so
largely imported into Europe under this name were probably
snuff-bottles, or made to order from various patterns for sale on
this side as tear-bottles. The Dutch imported great numbers
of them, and they were used for holding unguents.

Persian or Mohammedan Shapes.
No. 168. Persian wine- or water-bottle.
No. 169. Pear-shaped water-bottle.
No. 170. Water-ewer. There is often a basin in
conjunction
with these. After meals the basin is carried round, and water
from the ewer poured over the hands of those who have eaten,
to cleanse them from the particles of food, Mohammedans
using the fingers of the right hand without the use of spoon or
fork.