This 18th-century status symbol turned the simple act of taking tobacco into a display of taste, performance, and theatre.

Staffordshire potters in 19th-century England liked to depict humorous people in everyday activities. The figurines were the only way to see what a brave lion tamer or important political figure ...

AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...

So many beautiful objects large and small have been made through the centuries. Falling into both categories were snuff boxes, which were used to contain a product made from pulverized tobacco, which ...

The Regency dandy, Beau Brummell, was a great fan of snuff, and also a known collector of snuff boxes. He could achieve the trick of opening his snuff box and then transferring the snuff from box to ...

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