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Snuffboxes held snuff. Taking snuff was popular long before cigarettes became available. The gentleman or lady would take a small pinch of the ground tobacco or snuff in the fingers, then sniff it and sneeze. Snuffboxes were made of many materials, including gold, silver, enameled metal, and wood. Most snuffboxes date from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries. Snuffboxes have strong hinges so that they could keep out air that would dry out the snuff. Snuff bottles are listed in the Bottle category.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Snuffboxes | Horn | Tight Curl, Horn Cap, 3 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Horn Mounted | Blond Tortoiseshell, Oblong, Dutch, Mid 1800s, 7/8 x 3 x 2 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Lacquer | Andrew Jackson, 3 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Papier-mache | Portrait, Man, Curly Hair, Gold Hoop Earring, Grain, 1 x 3 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Fish, Reticulated, Inset Paste Eyes, South America, 6 3/4 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Hinged Lid, Male Monarch Roundel, Continental, C.1800, 2 3/4 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Inscribed, D Foster, From His Wife Mary, Marked, 1863, 1/2 x 3 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Line Engraved, Thomas Shaw, George Iii, 1797, 2 5/8 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Oval, Starburst Ground, Vertical Linework, Continental, C.1800, 2 1/4 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Ribbon & Bow Designs, Hinged Lid, Chester, Emgland, C.1910, 5/8 x 3 3/8 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Round Lid, Flowering Tree, Monograms, Scrolls, Naples, Italy, C.1700, 7 3/8 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Sterling Silver | Enameled Roundel, Cavalier Bust, Chased Leaf Scroll, 2 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Sterling Silver | Hinged Cover, A.t., Birmingham, Victorian, C.1855, 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Tortoiseshell | Continental Silver Mounts, Domed, Late 1800s, 1 x 3 1/16 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | Wood | Book, Chip Carved, Sliding Lid, Wales, 6 In. | 2005 | | Snuffboxes | America Forever | Black, Gilt Anchor, C.1790-1820, 3 1/2 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Brass | Leaf Engraved Lid, England, 17th Century | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Burlwood | 8-sided, Hinged Lid, 4 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Carved Horn | Boot Shape, Hinged Lid, 1800s, 3 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Cherry Amber | Carved, Ducks, Lotus, Bird, Relief Foo Dogs, 2 3/4 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Coin Silver | Central Lion Crest, Oval, Hinged Cover, Marked Ps, 1/2 x 2 x 3 1/8 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Copper | Gilt, Rectangle, Engraved, Flowers, Hunt Scene, England, C.1825, 2 1/2 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Copper | Hinged Lid, Oval, Engraved Ah 1793 | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Enamel | Flowers Inside & Out, 2 Lids, 3 3/8 x 2 x 1 5/8 In. | 2004 | | Snuffboxes | Enamel | Flowers, White Base, Raised Lid, 3 1/8 In. | 2004 |
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