CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE When I first saw this snuff bottle, I assumed it was Russian, made around 1900. Although un-marked, the enamelling technique and the colours of the shaded enamel were so typical of the best Russian work of the period that I was convinced. Later, thinking about it, I concluded that a snuff bottle was n’t a very Russian item, and Russians were also pretty fierce about hall-marking. Although the bottle is .