Snuffbox
- Object Name:
- Snuffbox
- Object ID:
- 1994.515.08
- Description:
- Snuffbox, round. Painted wood. Flat top and bottom, straight sides. Small interior rim on inside of bottom that engages top. Inside painted black. Some residues inside of top and bottom. Outside, dark, reddish-brown base color. Top and bottom, outside numerous small imperfections with irregularities in surface. Some small abrasions and shiny spots. Painted decoration on top. Dark-colored band around perimeter of top adjacent to the slightly chamfered edge. Thin, lighter-colored single band inside of that. Central decoration, 1.24" diameter. Two, thin, light-colored bands adjacent to a thicker, dark band around edge. Center of that, approximately inch in diameter that consists of simple painted figure on a dark gray background. Figure appears to be bust of female facing to left. Dark green coat, off-white wide collar, simple face of dark lines, gray hair on either side of face. Tuncated, triangular-shaped can with off-white, narrow, colored horizontal band at center.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-0.83 Dia-1.9 inches Weight-0.4 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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