Snuff Box
Snuff Box
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box, snuff
- Other Terms
- Box Snuff; Smoking Equipment
- date made
- ca 1790
- ca 1791
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- tortoise shell (overall material)
- ivory (carving material)
- ink (inscriptions material)
- silk (backing material)
- glass (lens material)
- gold, rose (frame material)
- brass (mounting pins material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- DL.313983.0005
- catalog number
- 313983.0005
- accession number
- 313983
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lemuel Pope
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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