Tobacco box, ca. 1700-1750
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1700-1750
This type of small box was used for carrying smoking tobacco. Tobacco boxes usually had an unattached fitted cover, whereas snuff boxes had a hinged lid. This may have been because snuff takers needed to keep one hand free to take snuff, whereas pipe smokers could rest the box and cover on a table and use both hands to fill their pipes.
This example was made between 1700 and 1750. During this period tobacco boxes were usually oval, about 75-100 mm long and 25 mm deep. After about 1750 they were made in various shapes and sizes. Tobacco box, silver, oval, with moulded edges and slightly domed cover
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 3.625 in; Width: 3.0 in
- Materials and techniques
- Silver, raised and engraved.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Engraved with the arms and crest of Layfield, and on the base, TMC to WK.
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O103605
- Museum object number
- M.709:1-1926
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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
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