Double Snuffbox with the Coat of Arms of James, first Duke of Chandos
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 Brydges, 9th Baron Chandos, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744), England, by commission; Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (1708-1771), England, by inheritance; James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos (1731-1789), England, by inheritance; Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 5th Viscount Cobham (1776-1839), England, by inheritance; Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 6th Viscount Cobham (1797-1861), England, by inheritance; Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 7th Viscount Cobham (1823-1889), England, by inheritance; Mary Temple-Gore-Langton, Baroness Kinloss (1852-1944), Stowe, England, by inheritance; Sale, Christie's, London, June 2, 1905, no. 40; Harding; Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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