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Description: | The lady depicted is from a wealthy family with colourful and highly decorative clothing. 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.
Snuff box made from sycamore wood, with a hinged lid and green 'trellised' grounds. The box is painted with a lady in European dress. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Containers People and roles Portrait painting Snuff Women Miscellaneous Historical Objects Portraits Victorian period Clothing | Temporal: | 1830 - 1900
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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