Tobacco Box

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Tobacco Box

Date18th century

Made inNetherlands

Place depictedLeiden, Netherlands

MediumBrass

Dimensions6 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (15.6 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.56.182

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Massachusetts Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[John Alden Lloyd Hyde, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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