Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp

Made:
1744 in England
Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp

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Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp
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Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp, shaped like a case, elliptical in section, sliding inner container with rasp on outer sheath, engraved William Davi, In ye Tower London, 1744, T. Shaw, maker, English, 1744

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A31797
Materials:
steel
type:
tobacco boxes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)