Pear wood(?) snuff box, circular, detachable lid c

Made:: 1798-1810 in France

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Pear wood(?) snuff box, circular
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Pear wood(?) snuff box, circular, detachable lid carved with scene of Napoleon I encouraging his troops at the Pyramids in Egypt, July 1798, French, 1798-1810

Details

Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A19553

Materials:: pear, ? material and lining, tortoiseshell

Measurements:: overall: 23 mm 84 mm, .072 kg

type:: snuff boxes

credit:: Glendining

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