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Tobacco-box
Tobacco-box, wood, straight-sided oval form with hinged lid, to the centre of the lid a moveable strirrup-shaped handle, loose inside the box a flat oval tobacco-presser with ivory knob, a key-hole and lock to the front of the box; the exterior of the box, the underside of the lid and the upperside of the tobacco-presser plated with tin covered with a black japan and decorated with red and yellow lines, the exterior of the box edged with stamped brass.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50207
Creation/Production
Unknown
Acquisition
Bequest, 8/6/1955
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.4
Length
(cm): 12.5
Width
(cm): 8
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
wood
tin
brass
ivory
Location
In store
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