Snuff Box
SilversmithMade by
Colen Hewer Cheshire
(Birmingham, England, 1865 - 1907)
Date1885 - 1886
Object NameSnuff Box
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsOverall: Length: 6.2 cm, Height: 1.6 cm, Width: 4.2 cm
AcquisitionThe Leslie Thomson Bequest.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000996
More About MeSnuff - from the Dutch word for “sniff” - is a powder, often containing dried tobacco, inhaled rapidly through the nose and very popular in former centuries.
Colen Hewer Cheshire
1846 - 1847
c. 1870