Papier-mache snuff box

Made:: 1780-1820

Papier-mache snuff box, circular
Science Museum Group
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Papier-mache snuff box, circular, detachable lid with hand-painted family group, made in England, 1780-1820

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A23323

Materials:: papier mache

Measurements:: height 15 mm
overall: diameter 95 mm
box, internal: diameter 82 mm

type:: snuff box

credit:: Foster

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Papier-mache snuff box

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