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| | Snuff box Table of Contents |
 | | Since snuff boxes first became popular, boxes have been made from a wide variety of materials and we find today in private collections and museums, wonderful examples in gold and silver, brass and copper, ebony, pewter, jade and agate, ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, horn, leather, papier mache, and numerous rare and beautiful woods. |
 | | Snuff taking fast became the vogue among the Spanish and the French, although it only gained limited acceptance in England until Charles II brought the habit back from his exile in France. |
 | | Snuff was primarily the province of the aristocrat and the man of fashion, who looked down on the common man and his pipe. |
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