Snuffbox in the form of a shoe, enamel, probably Bilston, c.1770
Key information
Museum number
2015.2
Object
Snuffbox in the form of a shoe, enamel, probably Bilston, c.1770
Gallery label
Lady’s snuff box
English
Enamel, about 1770
2015.2
From the collection of A.A. Macdonald, given to the Holburne Museum by Anthony Weale, 2015
The snuff box is typical of the ‘fancy goods’ sold in toyshops at the end of the eighteenth century. Enamel boxes made in Bilston, Staffordshire, were sold widely as novelty items. This snuff box, in the form of a fashionable shoe, was probably made for a lady. At this date, both women and men took snuff. Queen Charlotte was so fond of it that she was known by her sons as ‘Old Snuffy'.
English
Enamel, about 1770
2015.2
From the collection of A.A. Macdonald, given to the Holburne Museum by Anthony Weale, 2015
The snuff box is typical of the ‘fancy goods’ sold in toyshops at the end of the eighteenth century. Enamel boxes made in Bilston, Staffordshire, were sold widely as novelty items. This snuff box, in the form of a fashionable shoe, was probably made for a lady. At this date, both women and men took snuff. Queen Charlotte was so fond of it that she was known by her sons as ‘Old Snuffy'.
On display?
No
