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Description: | The box has concave sides, raised edge round lid and base. Painted with a man and woman in a tavern, watched through the window by a woman. Lettered in red script inside the lid 'La Femme Jalouse'. Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is an example of smokeless tobacco. It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century. It is generally insufflated (inhaled) or "snuffed" through the nose.
Decorated circular snuff-box, painted with a tavern scene and inscribed in lid 'La Femme Jalouse'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | People and roles Domestic life Japanned ware Decorative arts Snuff Georgian period | Temporal: | 1800 - 1825
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Stobwasser's Fabrik | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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