Snuffbox

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Snuffbox
Datec. 1800–1810
Made inUnited States
MediumBurl wood and brass
Dimensions5/8 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.6 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.61.30.A,.B
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Mcintire Bedroom
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis box was made to contain snuff, a finely ground tobacco taken by sniffing it into one’s nose. Made of highly figured burled wood, the snuffbox features a portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin on its lid.
Provenance[Louis Lyons, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, July 5, 1961; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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