Snuff box, set with a miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stewart

This gold mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, dating from around 1785, is set with a miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, based on the portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. The paper insert below the snuff box states that it was painted at Rome in 1776.

Oval-shaped, gold-mounted snuffbox of dark tortoise-shell, with a miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart on the lid, said to have been painted at Rome in 1776

Tobacco taking was popular in Scotland from the mid-17th century. Scots became addicted to it in all its forms, whether smoking, chewing or snuffing. Snuff was known as the 'sneeshin' and a snuff box was a 'sneeshin-mill'.

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Online ID:	000-100-001-589-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.NQ 273
Date:	1776 Around 1785
Material:	Tortoise-shell; gold-mounted
Dimensions:	61 x 36 x 25 mm
What:	Snuffbox
Subject:	Tobacco pipes, snuff boxes (NMAS Classification)
Who:	L. Pecheux Prince Charles Edward Stuart or Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
Where:	Italy, Rome
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