Museum number:

APM 20.766

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

snuff spoon

Keyword:

standing Scottish man

Description:

Snuff spoon in bone with oval blade with five holes, handle the shape of a standing Scot with skirt with a fox head on the front, distinctive hat and scarf over the left shoulder.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1860


Dimensions:

GeneralWidth0.75 in (1.9 cm)
Length3.39 in (8.6 cm)
Thickness0.35 in (0.9 cm)
Characteristics
Materialanimal bone (animal material)
Techniquecarved
Colourivory white
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland (?)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1985-2011, nr AA29
Exhibition
Hattem, Streekmuseum Voermanhuis, tentoonstelling "Tabak", 30 mei 1987 - 29 augustus 1987.
Mannheim, Städt. Reiss-Museum, tentoonstelling "Tabak", 27 september 1987 - 31 december 1987.
Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Cultuur snuiven, de geheimen van snuiftabak", 27 augustus - 10 december 2016.

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