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Earthenware snuff jar, England, 1750-1800
Snuff jars were used as storage containers for snuff, which is powdered tobacco. This earthenware jar has the word “RAPPE” painted on it, which is the French name for snuff. The design also shows a Native American or a native of the West Indies smoking a pipe. On the other side there is a picture of a ship sailing towards the man, possibly looking for tobacco to trade. The practice of ‘taking snuf…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- snuff jar
- earthenware
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- snuff jar
- earthenware
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0057692
Identifier
- L0057692
- Science Museum A220455
- v3tyyv4q
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:21:08.064Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:21:08.064Z