Snuffbox
Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period Austrian
Not on view
Since snuff use had become widespread throughout Europe in the eighteenth century, small portable, airtight containers for storing grated tobacco were in demand. Carried in the hand or a pocket, snuffboxes always had a hinged lid and were made of materials ranging from gold mounted with diamonds and precious stones to base metals. Porcelain examples such as this one were also fashionable.
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