Snuffbox, #Unknown_Maker
Also known as: Schnupftabakdose, #Unbekannt_Hersteller/in
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuffbox, #Unknown_Maker is held by Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art. Museum description: A snuff container was among the appropriate attributes of a man of status.
A Sterzing horn box was not only a craft-wise beautiful testament to domestic industrial manufacturing, but also a special love token from a girl to her chosen one. Engraved hearts, sayings, and lovers underlined its function as a love token. Today, this snuffbox contains locks of hair as mementos. Nora Witzmann Snuffbox A snuffbox was a traditional attribute of a man. A horn box from Italian Vipiteno was not only a fine craft testament to cottage production, but also a gift that girls used to give to their chosen ones out of love.
This is also confirmed by engrav The museum record gives material recorded as bovine horn, metal / engraved (horn); measurements H: 3.2 cm W: 6.5 cm D: 4 cm; maker recorded: #Unknown_Maker. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Rinderhorn, Metall / graviert (Horn)
- Dimensions
- H: 3,2 cm B: 6,5 cm T: 4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- #Unbekannt_Hersteller/in
Identification
- Europeana id
- /15510/_MV_42_328
- Museum attribution
- #Unbekannt_Hersteller/in
- Museum object name
- Schnupftabakdose
- Holding institution
- Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.