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Unusual Snuff Boxes and Accessories (18th/19th c.)

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Six Snuff Boxes & Accessories: Horn box with reverse-painted glass image of Venice, "The Snuff Takers" lid, a brass perpetual calendar snuff box in English and Latin, dated 1787, a snuff taker's spoon, an 18th c. Scottish rasp, a shoe-form snuff box, 18th/19th c.
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Title: Unusual Snuff Boxes and Accessories (18th/19th c.)
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Six Snuff Boxes & Accessories: Horn box with reverse-painted glass image of Venice, "The Snuff Takers" lid, a brass perpetual calendar snuff box in English and Latin, dated 1787, a snuff taker's spoon, an 18th c.
Scottish rasp, a shoe-form snuff box, 18th/19th c.

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