Wooden snuff box

Made:: 1801-1900 in France

maker:: Unknown

Wooden snuff box, circular, with detachable lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wooden snuff box, circular, with detachable lid, tortoiseshell lining, lid embossed with shipwreck scene, inscribed "le Naufrage", French, 19th century

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A121098

Materials:: wood and lining, tortoiseshell

Measurements:: height 23 mm
diameter 87 mm

type:: snuff boxes

credit:: Sotheby's

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Wooden snuff box

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