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Snuffbox, small, usually ornamented box for holding snuff (a scented, powdered tobacco). The practice of sniffing or inhaling a pinch of snuff was common in England around the 17th century; and when, in the 18th century, it became widespread in other countries as well, the demand for decorated.
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Dec 14, 2022 · Snuff boxes represented gendered and racialized behaviors that held connections to imperial networks in mid-18th century Western European social circles. Snuff-box in the SCMA. This snuff-box is located in the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was created by Parisian goldsmith Charles-Barnabe Sageret in 1768.
Since prolonged exposure to air causes snuff to dry out and lose its quality, pocket snuff boxes were designed to be airtight containers with strong hinges, generally with enough space for a day's worth of snuff only. [2]
The anatomical snuff box or snuffbox or foveola radialis is a triangular deepening on the radial, dorsal aspect of the hand —at the level of the carpal bones, specifically, the scaphoid and trapezium bones forming the floor.
The anatomical snuffbox (also known as the radial fossa), is a triangular depression found on the lateral aspect of the dorsum of the hand. It is located at the level of the carpal bones and best seen when the thumb is abducted.
Snuff Box (sometimes referred to as Berry & Fulcher's Snuff Box) is a British dark sitcom set in London. Starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano, it aired on BBC Three in 2006.
Oct 2, 2023 · The anatomical snuffbox (also known as the radial fossa), is a triangular depression found on the lateral aspect of the dorsum of the hand. It is located at the level of the carpal bones, and best seen when the thumb is extended.