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Tobacco-box
Tobaccco-box or snuff-box, tin-plate, oval form with straight sides and slightly domed cover; the interior covered with a black japan, the exterior covered with a tortoiseshell japan of a reddish tone to the box itself and of a brownish tone to the cover, the underside of the cover inscribed in gilt "ELLIS. BUTTON. / of Ufculmb (sic.) / 1747."
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50160
Creation/Production
Allgood family
Date: 1747 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/1/1938
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
Length
(cm): 10.9
Width
(cm): 8.9
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
welded
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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