Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverized tobacco leaves. It is a smokeless tobacco. It is generally inhaled ore snorted up the nose.
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| Silver Snuff Boxes with hinged covers |
They were used as a form of body adornment an were generally used to offer people or it turn take a sniff of the dried tobacco.
Vinaigrette
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| silver vinaigrette |
The vinaigrette is a little silver box with a hinged cover and a second perforated compartment containing a sponge soaked of vinigar . They were sniffed by ladies in case of sligh illness or for a general fregrance . This silver vinaigrette was made in Birmingham in 1817, silversmith mark JL, interior and floral grille are gold washed to prevent vinegar corrosion.
Sources:
christies. 2013. Silver snuff box. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.christies.com/error/404.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/lotfinder/lot/seven-silver-snuff-boxes-with-hinged-covers-5409811-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20details.aspx. [Accessed 05 March 13].
Wikipedia. 2013. Snuff box. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff. [Accessed 05 March 13].
silvercollection. 2011. silver vinaigrette - England. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.silvercollection.it/pagina6.html. [Accessed 08 April 13].
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