Snuffbox with Chinoiserie Motifs

1768-1769

8.7 cm 4.4 cm 3.9 cm

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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...

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Parsons Sale, no. 787 (?); James A. Garland, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; James A. Garland Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1910, no. 26; purchased by David W. Bishop, 1910 [1]. Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] See curatorial file for annotated copy of ""Illustrated Catalogue of the Important Collection of Rare and Beautiful Antique Gold Snuff-Boxes and Bonbonnières formed by the late James A. Garland, Esq.""
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