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snuff box

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human history
  • Description

    snuff box

    circular box with removable lid made from dark tortoiseshell, inlaid gold mounts on top and bottom, all-over decoration of gold and copper coloured pique fleur de lis flowers

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1932.233
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    621 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

    17678 (ethnology)

    M41 (miscellaneous)

  • Department
  • Display Room
snuff box, 1932.233, 621, 17678, M41, Photographed by Denise… … Read more

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