Museum number:

APM 22.073

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

snuff rasp

Keyword:

snuff rasp with leaf branches and cherubs

Description:

Snuff grater or tobacco grater made of wood and metal with an elongated shape with leaves arranged symmetrically in relief on the back with an angel or fool on the underside with a vine branch in their hands. Reverse side at the top carved in a shell. Metal blade grater finely perforated with oblique shaded lines, the blade slides into the wood with a turned end. End face of the wood a reinforcement plate made of brass.

Date:

Period 1720 - 1750


Dimensions:

GeneralWidth1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Length7.2 in (18.3 cm)
Thickness0.51 in (1.3 cm)
Characteristics
Materialwood
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsbrass, iron (metal)
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Acquisition
Year 2015
Exhibition
Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Cultuur snuiven, de geheimen van snuiftabak", 27 augustus - 10 december 2016.

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