Tobacco box

Tobacco box is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: Tobacco box with lid, oblong with rounded corners. On the back, lid and base are connected by a hinge (wide eyelets with an inserted pin). On the top side between putti on scrollwork is a rectangular medallion depicting a sketched scene: On the left a man with a tricorn hat and frock coat sits in front of a table raising a glass, turning back toward three hoop-skirted ladies standing on the right. Tablecloth, wall decoration, and floor are indicated. - On the bottom side, scrollwork without putti frames an identical medallion depicting a man in front of a flight of steps or terrace with a stone balustrade, with a long pipe in his outstretched hand. - With engraving -; Originator / Source: Stadtmuseum Einbeck; Inscription: Top side: "Den Kummer, Schmerz und Pein vertreibt ein Gläsgen Wein" [A little glass of wine dispels grief, pain and woe] Bottom side: "Und tausend schwere Grillen die tut der Tabak stillen" [And tobacco calms a thousand heavy whims] The museum record gives measurements Width: 5 cm; Height: 3.4 cm; Length: 15 cm. 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.