Snuffbox, ca. 1730, Austrian, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain, gold, 1 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (3.5 × 5.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, 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
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Snuffbox, ca, 1730, Austrian, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain, gold, 1 3/8, 2 1/4, 3.5, 5.7 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, snuff, widespread, Europe, eighteenth century, small portable, airtight containers, storing grated, tobacco, demand, Carried, hand, pocket, snuffboxes, hinged lid, materials ranging, gold mounted, diamonds, precious stones, base metals
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