Snuff is a kind of tobacco products, which is made by baking tobacco, removing stems, crushing, fermenting and adding spices, and smelling it with your nose. Snuff became popular in Europe in the17th century, and was introduced to China in the later period. At first, there were no special containers in China. From the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, hall of mental cultivation in the palace specially made a snuff bottle with a spoon attached to the bottle cap for scooping up cigarette powder.

All kinds of snuff bottles, such as glass, bronze tire painting enamel, etc. Produced by the Qing Palace Department during the Kangxi period. After the establishment of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, the number of snuff bottles made of precious materials in government-run workshops decreased significantly, mostly glass and porcelain. At this time, a large number of products of folk workshops appeared, with monotonous shapes, and themes such as historical figures, dramatic plots and street customs appeared in decorative patterns. In the late Qing Dynasty, an internal painting pot appeared, and figures, landscapes and flowers and birds were painted on the frosted inner wall of glass or crystal hookah, which was a fine product. After the 1970s, internal painting pots developed rapidly.

Snuff bottles are valued because they are not only practical, but also have the functions of giving gifts and status symbols. Although it has only a history of more than 300 years since the Qing Dynasty, it has always been favored by Chinese and western museums and collectors because of its exquisite production and suitability for playing, and has become one of the important cultural relics in modern China.