Snuff or Tobacco Box
Date1780-1815
OriginEurope
MediumSilver; tortoiseshell
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/8in. (1.3 × 6.4 × 5.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2020-94
DescriptionSilver and tortoiseshell snuff or tobacco box: Oval silver box with hinged nine-knuckle lid. Silver lid is lined with tortoiseshell; straight silver sides; base of box a translucent oval of tortoiseshell inset in silver. Lid richly engraved with a basket of flowers surrounded by four concentric bands of foliage.Label TextExotic materials like tortoiseshell were sometimes incorporated into snuff or tocacco boxes.
1660-1710
ca. 1755
1705
1705-1707
19th century
ca. 1720
ca.1750
Ca. 1720
ca. 1755-1770
19th century
19th century