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General: My new snuff box arrived!

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      CommentAuthorermtony
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2008
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    In a moment of madness at the weekend I went for a "Buy it now" on a silver snuff box on Ebay....



    Just what I needed for a "best box" for my daughter's wedding a week on Saturday. Not cheap but well worth it.

    Now it has Toque Natural in it :-)
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      CommentAuthorLazarus
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2008
     # 2
    Wow, thats a really nice snuff box...are you going to get something engraved on it? Like the day of your daughters wedding or something?
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      CommentAuthorermtony
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2008
     # 3
    It already has initials JW inscribed in the cartouche, though they are fairly worn, so I'll probably leave it as it is.

    Interestingly those were the initials of one of my great-great-grandfathers (Jarvis Whitehead, 1834-1896) though I doubt that the box ever belonged to him. He was a Yorkshire steelman and probably couldn't have afforded such a box.

    The box is about 75mm long and weighs a substantial 83g. Still feeling inordinately pleased with myself!
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    Nice box.
    • CommentAuthormacalpe
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2008
     # 5
    Congratulations!...a very nice and pretty snuffbox!
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      CommentAuthorermtony
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2008
     # 6
    Thanks! It got admired in the pub last night at our weekly snuff-testing meet as well. Very pleasing :)
    • CommentAuthorsnuffster
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2008
     # 7
    Superb, back to the glory days of snuff
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      CommentAuthorermtony
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2008
     # 8
    I do so hope so!
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    really nice one! If you shake the box does it loose some fine snuff or is it really sealed good?
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      CommentAuthorermtony
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2008
     # 10
    I tested it with some IHT No.22 (about as fine as it gets) - no leakage at all. I reckon that's remarkably good for a 170 year old snuff box. I have much newer ones that leak worse than that.

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