Tortoiseshell snuff box
- Made:
- 1801-1900
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LicenseTortoiseshell snuff box, circular, detachable lid
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Tortoiseshell snuff box, circular, detachable lid, guttapercha cameo portrait of female in lid, made in England, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Smoking
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A637512
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell, guttapercha lid, and rim, brass
- Measurements:
-
height 20 mm
overall: diameter 53 mm
well: diameter 48 mm
- type:
- snuff boxes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
