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Snuff boxes and bottles

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Tobacco jars and boxes

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Images from the collections

Images about Snuff boxes and bottles

12 images from works
  • The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Thirty tobacco-pipes from various countries of the world. Wood engraving, c. 1873, after J. T. Balcomb.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Fourteen pipes and smoking accessories from various countries. Wood engraving, ca. 1882.
  • Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Specimens of stone and volcanic matter found on Mount Vesuvius, including lava enclosed in marble. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.

Works from the collections

11 works

    • Books

    Catalogue of specimens of art work in Chinese snuff bottles and other articles in enamel, porcelain, ivory, etc., connected with the use of tobacco forming part of the collection of Wm. Bragge.

    Bragge, William, 1823-1884. | Date: 1878
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.

    | Date: 1880 | Reference: 24973i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 36894i
    • Books

    Snuff and snuff-boxes / [Hugh McCausland].

    McCausland, Hugh. | Date: [1951]
    • Pictures

    Fourteen pipes and smoking accessories from various countries. Wood engraving, ca. 1882.

    | Date: 1882 | Reference: 25001i
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Related topics

Tobacco Smoking
Smoking paraphernalia
Smoking Pipes
Drug paraphernalia

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