Double Oval Snuffbox

1770-1779

9.1 cm 3.8 cm 2.7 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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James A. Garland; James A. Garland Sale, American Art Association, New York, February 26, 1910, no. 32; General Brayton Ives, New York; General Brayton Ives Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 6, 1915, no. 189; Harding, New York (date and mode of acquisition unknown); purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 7, 1916; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore 1931.
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