File:Oval snuff box, England, 1807 Wellcome L0057200.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,832 × 4,256 pixels, file size: 1.28 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
Title
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
Description

Snuff boxes were personalised by their owners or given as valued gifts. They come in a large variety of shapes, sizes and materials. This oval brass box has the owner’s name and the date (1807) displayed on the lid.

The finely ground tobacco was snorted through the nose or rubbed on the gums. Snuff was popular from the 1700s for its aroma, taste and stimulating nicotine boost. It was also believed to ward off colds, be good for ear, nose and throat problems and stop snoring. (Pictured here with two other snuff boxes A49937 and A49942).

maker: Unknown maker

Place made: England, United Kingdom

Wellcome Images
Keywords: Nicotine; Tobacco; snuff box
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

References
  • Library reference: Science Museum A49936
  • Photo number: L0057200
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/5a/93/4eb4808569cbb2f9d13ffef9b01a.jpg

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:49, 17 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 07:49, 17 October 20142,832 × 4,256 (1.28 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Oval snuff box, England, 1807 |description = Snuff boxes were personalised by their owners or given as valued gifts. They come in a large variety of...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Oval_snuff_box,_England,_1807_Wellcome_L0057200.jpg&oldid=468386960"