Pipe and Tobacco Box

Pipe and Tobacco Box

Public Domain

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pipe and Tobacco Box
Datec. 1750–1850
Made inUnited States
MediumPine
Dimensions12 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (32.4 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.35
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionA box like this would have contained clay pipes for smoking tobacco. Clay pipes, both imported and domestic, were common from the early 1600s well into the 1800s.
Provenance[Joseph J. Carbone, Boston]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, November 2, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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