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A brass tobacco box (#165A) with engraving of biblical scenes: on lid (#165B) the inscription 'Abram Een Soon Toegeseyt' with above it the corresponding depiction of 2

A brass tobacco box (#165A) with engraving of biblical scenes: on lid (#165B) the inscription 'Abram Een Soon Toegeseyt' with above it the corresponding depiction of 2 is held by Batavialand (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: A brass tobacco box (#165A) with engraving of biblical scenes…

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A worn copper tobacco box whose lid has come half loose. On the lid (unrecognizable) figures are depicted and to the left and right of this (illegible) text is ap

A worn copper tobacco box whose lid has come half loose. On the lid (unrecognizable) figures are depicted and to the left and right of this (illegible) text is ap is held by Batavialand (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: A worn copper tobacco box whose lid has come half loose. On the lid…

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Box for snuff or tobacco in the shape of a shoe

Box for snuff or tobacco in the shape of a shoe is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: Shoe of dark brown leather in box form. Guild test piece. Snuff or tobacco box (?). Sharp pointed toe, slightly upturned, very flat heel. On the lid engraved A and G, between which i…

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Box, tobacco

Box, tobacco is held by Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Museum description: This is an octagonal iron tobacco box with a lid with a brass handle. Inside the box is an octagonal pewter plate with a brass handle which could be pressed down on to the tobacco to for a comparatively airtight compartm…

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Box, tobacco

Box, tobacco is held by Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Museum description: This is a coin-operated tobacco box - inserting a coin into the slot releases a small packet of tobacco when the left hand side opens. It is made of brass, and stamped 'RICH'S PATENT'. According to members of the Antique…

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Box, tobacco box, box, tabako-ire

Box, tobacco box, box, tabako-ire is held by Museum of Ethnography. Museum description: 1887.08.2992; Japan changes; Japan; Vanadis - 09 Japan The museum record gives material recorded as bamboo; straw; plant fiber; wood; bamboo; measurements width 5.4 cm; depth 2.6 cm. These details come from the holding museum's o…

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Cigar Box, Russia, c. 1896–1908

c. 1896–1908

Cigar Box, Russia, c. 1896–1908 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated c. 1896–1908. Museum description: Fabergé’s craftsmen in Moscow became known for their work in the pan-Slavic or neo-Russian taste, hearkening back to 17th-century styles of Russian folk decoration. In this whimsically oversized…

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Cigar case

Cigar case is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Cigar case once owned by Richard D'Oyly Carte. Museum description: Cigar case, crocodile-skin, with leather interior and hallmarked silver tips on corners, engraved inside, 'R. D'Oyly Carte 4, Adelphi Terrace, Stran…

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Cigar case, 1830-1850

1830-1850

Cigar case, 1830-1850 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1830-1850. The museum's brief description reads: Japanned papier-mâché cigar case, decorated with a print of a rustic scene. English, ca. 1830-50.. Museum description: Lacquered papier-mâché cigar case, decorated with a print of a rusti…

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Cigarette case

Cigarette case is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Gold cigarette case, given to Maurice Colbourne by Clemence Dane, in a suede leather cover.. Museum description: Gold cigarette case monogrammed M.C. in a suede leather cover. The museum record gives material re…

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Cigarette case

Cigarette case is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Silver cigarette case engraved 'My Lord in Livery', reputed to have belonged to Henry Irving.. Museum description: Silver cigarette case engraved 'My Lord in Livery' The museum record gives material recorded as…

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Cigarette case — The Wunup, England, ca. 1935

ca. 1935

Cigarette case in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.53-1984), made in England, dated ca. 1935. The museum's brief description reads: 'Wunup' cigarette case; brown Bakelite; Parker Pipe Co., England, about 1950s. Museum description: Slightly oblong cigarette case of mottled brown Bakelite. It ha…

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Cigarette case and case, St Petersburg (Russia), 1899-1908

1899-1908

Cigarette case and case in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.1:1,2-2017), made in St Petersburg (Russia), dated 1899-1908, attributed to August Hollming. The museum's brief description reads: Red gold, green gold, platinum cigarette case with brilliant-cut diamond, Fabergé, St Petersburg, Russi…

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Cigarette Case, 1875-1910

1875-1910

Cigarette Case, 1875-1910 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1875-1910. The museum's brief description reads: Brass cigarette box with a card for 'Lord George Sanger's Hall by the Sea' inset, including a portrait of Sanger. Museum description: Brass cigarette box with a card of 'Lord George S…

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Cigarette case, ca.1890

ca.1890

Cigarette case, ca.1890 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca.1890. The museum's brief description reads: Watered steel with gold mounts, Moscow, ca.1890. Museum description: Cigarette case of watered steel with the hinges and catch of gold The museum record gives material recorded as steel,…

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Cigarette case, England, 1930-1939

1930-1939

Cigarette case in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.55-1984), made in England, dated 1930-1939, attributed to unknown. The museum's brief description reads: Cigarette case; cellulose acetate, probably England, 1930s. Museum description: Small cigarette case of black cellulose acetate with marbl…

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Four-lobed tobacco box

1700 - 1750

Four-lobed tobacco box — Rijksmuseum object NG-1994-11. Dated by the museum: 1700 - 1750. Museum attribution: silversmith: anonymous, Japan; silversmith: anonymous, Indonesia. Material: bronze (metal), silver (metal). Museum description: Four-lobed tobacco box with various motifs on the individual panels. On the lid…

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Gold Box, France, 1728–29

1728–29

Gold Box, France, 1728–29 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 1728–29. Museum description: With its central cartouche, heavy molding, and fluted sides, the design of this box attests to Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier’s interest in architecture. The box is further distinguished by a strong sense of move…

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Head of a Miner as a Tobacco Box

Head of a Miner as a Tobacco Box is held by Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: Two-part, sculpturally designed tobacco box made of painted ceramic in the form of a bearded miner's head. The removable lid has the shape of a hat with a hat lamp (astique…

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Heart-shaped snuffbox, ca. 1765–1770

ca. 1765–1770

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.1102), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Heart-shaped snuffbox”. The museum dates it ca. 1765–1770. The museum records the medium as Enameled copper and the dimensions as 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 i…

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Lid of tobacco box from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia

1700 - in or before 1743-08-13

Tobacco box; fragm, lid: rim, oval, grooved; fragm of top, eroded, engraved decoration of scrolling foliage pattern around central panel with biblical? scene (bearing of the Cross?) and text band, eroded (see also NG 1980-27H859b, 3.4.10 for imprint of sim. engraving). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object a…

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Match Case, American, ca. 1889

ca. 1889

Match case in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 41.140.3), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca. 1889 and records its origin as American; New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States. It is attributed to Tiffany & Co. (American, New York, NY, 1837–present). The m…

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Miner's snuff box

Miner's snuff box is held by Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum. Museum description: Round box made of copper; lid and body of the box connected by a hinge on the side; lid with stamped lettering "W. GRAY Jan 1896"; use clearly visible through alterations to the surface and deformations. Name of the original o…

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Miner's snuff box

Miner's snuff box is held by Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum. Museum description: Oval brass box (horizontal format); lid and box body connected by a hinge on the side; lid with engraved, mostly no longer legible lettering; decorative pattern (three-layer zigzag pattern with dot decoration) on the lid and b…

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Museum, 18th century tobacco box, Unknown photographer

Museum, 18th century tobacco box, Unknown photographer is held by Palatinate Library. Museum description: The terms of use of the Pfalzbibliothek Kaiserslautern apply. (Note) The museum record gives place associated: Kaiserslautern ((location)); maker recorded: Unbekannter Fotograf (photographer). These details come…

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Pair of Covered Jars (Pots de tabac), France, c. 1779–89

c. 1779–89

Pair of Covered Jars (Pots de tabac), France, c. 1779–89 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated c. 1779–89. Museum description: Due to the discovery of the ingredient kaolin in Saint-Yrieix, France in 1768-69, European porcelain factories were able to replicate the prized hard-paste porcelain of Chi…

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Pipe tobacco tin / Golden Mixture

Pipe tobacco tin / Golden Mixture is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: Brass tin for 50 g of pipe tobacco of the variety "Golden Mixture", manufactured by the Martin Brinkmann tobacco factory in Bremen, - without contents. - The lid of the tin has a printed paper label affixed to both the outside and…

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Rectangular Silver Tobacco Box

1795

Rectangular tobacco box with hinged lid; the lid is decorated with the portrait of Tsar Peter I, flanked by sailing ships; the bottom of the box is decorated with the coats of arms of West and Oost Zaandam, set in rococo forms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2014-21-3; its record gives material…

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Rectangular silver tobacco box with mother-of-pearl plaque on the lid depicting Isaiah 45:22

c. 1730 - c. 1750

Mark, on the box, stamped: ‘ PS (master’s mark) the mark for the city of Zutphen 4/Z (year letter for 1750) ’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1961-6; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), mother of pearl; measurements height 7.2 cm x length 15 cm x width 12.5 cm. Description tran…

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Rectangular tobacco box of silver with lid containing a mother-of-pearl plaque depicting Isaiah 45:22, 1750

1750

Rectangular tobacco box of silver with lid containing a mother-of-pearl plaque depicting Isaiah 45:22 is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), dated 1750. Description supplied by the holding institution: Rectangular silver tobacco box with chamfered corners. In the lid is a plaque of mother-of-pearl with a carved depic…

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Shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser"

Shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser" is held by Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum. Museum description: The shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser" was manufactured by the tobacco factory Rapp und Sohn, from Mühlacker-Württbg. The shag tobacco was produced specifically for small pipe bowls. It was delivered in a tin box coated all aroun…

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Snuff bottle of Andrzej Walenciak

Snuff bottle of Andrzej Walenciak is held by Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum. Museum description: Colourless glass, flat-oval in top view, no flattening as a base, stopper cork missing. The museum record gives measurements Height: 120 mm; Diameter: 80 mm (approx.). These details come from the holding museum…

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Snuffbox (O 811)

Snuffbox (O 811) is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: The snuffbox appears to have been a love gift, on which an appropriate motto was applied for its recipient. On the side one can read: "In meinem Herzen hat niemand Platz als Gott allein und Du mei…

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Snuffbox with singing bird automaton

Snuffbox with singing bird automaton is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: Jean-Frédéric Leschot (1746–1824), who initially worked with the watchmaker and automaton maker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, produced music boxes with steel tuned teeth very early on. O…

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Snuffbox, 1738–39

1738–39

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 48.187.447), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it 1738–39. It is attributed to Noel-Charles Laget (master 1728; active 1759). The museum records the medium as Gold, enamel, agate and the dimen…

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Snuffbox, ca. 1770

ca. 1770

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.1039), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it ca. 1770. The museum records the medium as Enameled copper and the dimensions as Overall: 1 5/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (4.1 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm). Sub…

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Suassa tobacco box

1700 - 1800

Suassa tobacco box — Rijksmuseum object NG-1984-13. Dated by the museum: 1700 - 1800. Museum attribution: Tonkin. Material: gilding (material), suassa, metal. Museum description: Oval, double-fluted tobacco box with hinged lid; black and copper-coloured. On the rim of the lid and the base, cartouches with plant and…

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Tobacco box

Tobacco box is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: round lidded box with snap fastener and spring hinge, pressed sheet metal, chrome-plated on the outside, matte gold-coloured coating on the inside. In the center of the lid is a round medallion with a foil-covered photo. Depiction: lightly dressed posin…

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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 m…

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Tobacco box

Tobacco box is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: round tobacco box made of sheet brass, body cut from a strip, backed with a sheet metal strip and soldered. Bottom flanged and soldered on. Lid slightly domed, likewise in two parts made of flanged sheet metal with a narrow soldered-on rim strip. All ed…

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Tobacco box 'Tax Farmers' Riot'

1764

Tobacco box, rounded at the short ends, entirely decorated with engravings. The accompanying note (NG-KOG-1481-B) provides an explanation of the scenes. Lid: during an execution on Dam Square, the civic guard fired into the crowd. Underside: looting of a tax farmer's house on the Singel. Back: the killing of a Swede…

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Tobacco box and lid — Hercules slaying the Hydra, Dublin, 1734/5

1734/5

Tobacco box and lid in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.324:1, 2-1962), made in Dublin, dated 1734/5, attributed to Currie, William. The museum's brief description reads: Gilded silver, Dublin (Ireland), 1734-35, maker's mark of William Currie.. Museum description: A silver-gilt round tobacco…

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Tobacco box and lid, Netherlands, ca. 1800

ca. 1800

Tobacco box and lid in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.1000:1-1926), made in Netherlands, dated ca. 1800, attributed to Van Gouodom. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco box and lid, pewter, Van Gouodom, Dutch, ca. 1800.. Museum description: Round pewter tobacco box with gadrooned ba…

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Tobacco box and lime box, Sumatra, 19th century

19th century

Tobacco box and lime box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.299-1950), made in Sumatra, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco box and lime box set, chased silver, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th century. Museum description: Round tobacco box with domed lid, connecte…

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Tobacco box at 1800, Unknown photographer

Tobacco box at 1800, Unknown photographer is held by Palatinate Library. Museum description: The terms of use of the Pfalzbibliothek Kaiserslautern apply. (Note) The museum record gives place associated: Kaiserslautern ((location)); maker recorded: Unbekannter Fotograf (Fotograf). These details come from the holding…

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Tobacco box Dejima

c. 1730

Tobacco box Dejima — Rijksmuseum object NG-313. Dated by the museum: c. 1730. Museum attribution: anonymous. Material: silver (metal), gilding (material). Museum description: Oval tobacco box: lid decorated with hawthorn tendrils in shallow relief. In the centre, oval cartouche with initials. Along the bottom and to…

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Tobacco box for cigarettes, Unbekannter Fotograf (production) (photographer)

Tobacco box for cigarettes, Unbekannter Fotograf (production) (photographer) is held by Deutsche Fotothek. Museum description: State digitization program Saxony: Old holdings of the Deutsche Fotothek (digitization). The museum record gives place associated: Dresden ((location)); maker recorded: Unbekannter Fotograf…

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Tobacco box for cigarettes, Unknown photographer (production) (photographer)

Tobacco box for cigarettes, Unknown photographer (production) (photographer) is held by Deutsche Fotothek. Museum description: State digitization program Saxony: Old holdings of the Deutsche Fotothek (digitization). The museum record gives place associated: Dresden ((location)); maker recorded: Unbekannter Fotograf…