Oval Snuffbox

early 19th century

5.5 cm 2.8 cm 8.3 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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Mrs. Joseph Kolodny [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; gift to Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, December 16 1959.
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en
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