Tobacco Box

CultureDutch or German
Titles
  • Tobacco Box
Date1759
Possible placeNetherlands
Possible placeGermany
MediumBrass
Dimensions6 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/8 in. (16.5 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.165
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[Joan Morris, Stamford, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 28,1958]; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History"Fill the Other Bowl, Boys!," Texarkana Historical Society, Texarkana, TX, September 1, 1993–October 16, 1993.

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