Snuff Box

Date Made: 1721

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: EnglandEurope

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. E. Tuckerman Biays, Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, Mrs. Robert G. Metters, Mrs. Willard Triest, and Mrs. Robert H. Williams

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.234919.0013Catalog Number: 234919.0013Accession Number: 234919

Object Name: box, snuffOther Terms: Box, Snuff; Smoking Equipment

Physical Description: tortoise shell (overall material)silver (hinge, banding, reserve material)brass (repair plate material)iron (closure material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 9.8425 cm x 7.9375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1464-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_313709

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