It wasn't long before a small container -- snuff box -- was needed to carry this substance on one's person. CHEAP CONTAINERS In early times, cheap containers were made of tin, iron, brass and pewter.

History: Battersea boxes, which originated in the mid-18th Century, are covered in enamel or porcelain. The originals were small, some as tiny as a dime, and made of copper covered with a white ena… ...

“The snuff box was stolen or otherwise misappropriated during the war years,” the suit says. It was consigned to Christie’s by a “New England estate,” according to court papers.

A Precedent for the Order of the Gold Snuff-Box. Share full article. May 11, 1857. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 11, 1857, Page 5 Buy ...