Tobacco Box
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This oval brass container has a hinged lid. The exterior is elaborately engraved, with dancing characters flanked by two angels. An illegible engraving is at the bottom of the lid. The interior of the lid is lined with shagreen (sharkskin).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: See more items in
content: Health & Medicine
label: See more items in
content: European Apothecary
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.1002
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06399
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 1091
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.1002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shagreen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.7 cm x 12.5 cm x 7.3 cm; 1 7/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 2 7/8 in