Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Snuff bottle
Object Number:
Z.530
Date:
1800-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 in. ( 10.2 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to bottle: "HITCHCOCK'S/NEWLY INVENTED SNUFF./For the cure, and absolute re-/lief of Catarrh, Dizziness of the/Head, weak Eyes, nervous Head/Aches, Fits, Fallen Sickness, and/Infants troubled with Snuffles,/partial shocks o
Description:
Aquamarine blown nonlead glass snuff bottle with flanged lip, cylindrical neck, and circular body, with pontil mark on base; pasted on bottle, paper label printed in black with inscription beginning "HITCHCOCK'S NEWLY INVENTED SNUFF."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
