The first style or type of Peking Glass bottle is the translucent or opaque single color bottle. These bottles are made in every color imaginable. These were also the first glass snuff bottles to be produced. One of the most popular colors produced was "Imperial Yellow".

Mottled Glass is a mixture of several different colors of glass that are combine in a molten state to create patterns and swirls. Many different interesting designs can be create with this technique. Flakes of gold are sometimes added as in the example below.

Carved Glass bottles are typically made from a single color glass and either molded or carved. Most of the bottles are carved from a small block of glass and hollowed out as a stone snuff bottle would be.

Glass Imitating other materials gave the artist an opportunity to display the best qualities of their glass making skills. Many of these bottles are nearly impossible to distinguish from the real materials without using some type of magnifier.