Pressed pearwood snuff box

Made:: 1796-1815

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Pressed pearwood snuff box, circular
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Pressed pearwood snuff box, circular, detachable lid stamped with three skulls showing the front, side and back of the skull repectively illustrating Dr. Gall's phrenological system

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Category:: Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A124825

Materials:: pear (wood) and tortoiseshell

type:: snuff boxes

credit:: Glendining

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