Terms and conditions of use
Snuff box
(1750-1760)
- Medium
- porcelain (soft-paste)
- Measurements
- 2.6 × 4.0 × 2.5 cm
- Accession Number
- 2024.442
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024 - Gallery location
- 17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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By the mid eighteenth century the taking of snuff, a recreational drug, had become a popular social ritual for many. Snuffboxes were elegant personal objects that carried a high degree of social currency, as well as being important social props. They were frequently carried by elegant women of fashion and often found among the objects adorning the toilette dressing table.