Snuffbox with gentleman gazing at an Island
Originating in the Americas, the practice of “taking snuff,” or inhaling pulverized tobacco through the nose, became a common European custom by the 17th century. Consumers of all social levels and of both sexes would carry small, airtight boxes filled with the powdered tobacc...
Artifact
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18401
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Louis XIV, France; Grand Master of Malta, by gift; Admiral Sir Harry Neale, Malta, 1825, by purchase; Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, 3rd Baronet (1773-1854), 1826, by gift; Admiral Sir Henry Byam Martin, by bequest; Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet (1801-1895), by bequest; Sale [by order of the trustee of Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin], Christie's, London, January 24, 1923, lot 17; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Medium
""ciselé"" gold