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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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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced |  | Snuffboxes | Micro Mosaic | Enamel,Cranberry Glass,Classical Ruins,Hinged Lid,1 x 2 1/2 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Snuffboxes | Silver Guilloche | Enameled,Gilt,Flowers,Tooled Dots,Hallmarked,3/4 x 1 3/4 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Snuffboxes | Silver | Crow,Gold Washed Interior,Hinged,Incised,Tooled,Dutch,3 x 1 3/4 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Snuffboxes | Tole | Horseshoe,Hinged,Painted,Applied Silver Bust,Early 1700s,3 1/2 In. Illustrated | 2011 | | | Snuffboxes | Amboyna Burl Wood | Figural, Tortoise Lined, Chinese, c.1800, 4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Brass | Hinged Lid, Sun, Moon, 2 Clocks, Mechanical Lock, Late 1700s, 3 1/2 In. Diam. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Carved Horn | Stopper, Bottle Shape, 19th Century, 4 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Enamel | Coastal Scene, Inlayed Blue, Red Border, Scrolled Silver Gilt Clip, 1900s, 3 x 2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Enamel | Trophies Of The Hunt, Flowers, Ribbed Base, England, c.1770 | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Gilt Brass Mounted | Carnelian, Oval, Russia, Late 19th Century, 2 1/4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Horn | Carved, Emperor Napoleon, Standing, 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Horn | Napoleonic, Black, Hinged Lid, Pressed Battle Scene, c.1796, 4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Horn | Soldiers, Pinwheel, Flowers, Inscribed, L. Bourgueu, 19th Century, 2 1/2 In. Diam. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Iron | Dome, Hinged, Oval, 1 x 3 x 2 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Ivory | Lid Inset With Parian Dog, Tortoiseshell Lining, Round, 1800s, 3 1/4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Lignum Vitae | Mother-Of-Pearl Inlay, Carved Bottom & Top, Round, 1800s, 3 3/4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Papier-Mache | Oval, Black, Silver Inlay, 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Porcelain | Cockerel`s Head, Yellow Feathered Head, Ormolu Hinged Lid, France, 1800s, 4 x 2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Continental, Elliptical, Lid, Chain, c.1825, 2 1/2 x 2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Crossed Bands, Engraved Village Scene, Monogram, Moscow, c.1895, 3 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Enamel, Hinged Lid, Flowers, Scrolls, Blue, Red, M. Semenova, Russia, c.1970, 3 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Flowers, Etched Ground, Chain Link Border, Gilt Interior, England, c.1880, 1 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | George III, Hinged Lids, 2-Sided, Gold Interior, England, 1808, 3 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Hand Chased, Flowers, Austria, c.1850, 1 x 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Snuffboxes | Silver | Lid, Urns, Swags, Blue Enamel Reeding, Leather Case, Octagon, Continental, c.1800, 2 In. | 2010 |
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