Tobacco box

Made:
1700-1800
Tobacco box, brass lid cambered, and brass hose

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Tobacco box, brass lid cambered, and brass hose
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Tobacco box, brass lid cambered, and brass hose, copper strip sides, oblong with rounded bowed ends, engraved with scenes on lid, base of Adam and Eve and animals, Dutch, 1700-1800

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A102862
Materials:
brass and copper, sides
Measurements:
length 155 mm
width 46 mm
depth 33 mm
type:
tobacco boxes
credit:
Sotheby's

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