Inhaling tobacco, or snuff – a finely grated powder – was first used by the Arawak people in the West Indies. It was brought to Europe towards the end of the 15th ­Century. Today, many of the boxes ...

A SNUFF box has sold at auction for a record breaking £860,000. The gold-mounted box, which has an intricately detailed depiction of a Dresden landscape on the inside of the cover, was made for ...

A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SNUFF-BOX AND COVER THE PORCELAIN , TRACE OF SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO SIDE OF ONE, PROBABLY MODELED BY P. REINICKE, BLACK AND PUCE K.H.C. MARKS FOR THE ...

4 x 8.4 x 6.1 cm. (1.6 x 3.3 x 2.4 in.) ...

The Collection of Franz E. Burda (1932–2017) was compiled over 40 years from the 1960s onwards and comprises figures and snuff-boxes almost exclusively from the Meissen manufactory. The porcelain is ...

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3 ⅛ in. wide 3 in. wide 7.9 cm 7.5 cm ...

Snuff box fetches £860k at auction A GOLD-mounted Meissen ­porcelain snuff box sold for a world record £860,000 at auctioneers Bonhams in London yesterday.

Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles that are being auctioned by Bonhams in Hong Kong on May 28. Each snuff bottle is expected to be sold for between HK$60,000 ($7,732) and HK$120,000.[Agencies] ...