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1957.46

ID Number: 1957.46
Category: Personal Artifacts
Sub-category: personal gear
Item Name: snuffbox
Materials: METAL, BRASS
Description: brass, rotary cover; opening nearly one half of lid area
History: snuff was ground tobacco that was snuffed or drawn in through the nose. It was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries and was kept in decorative or plain boxes. It was believed to have medicinal purposes. It was a social gesture to offer snuff to someone, and it was popular with both the French and the British. It went out of fashion in c.1850.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Mosseth, J.A. person

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