Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
… and a wreath inscribed, 'SACRA JOVI QUERCUS", 1660. Royal Collection Trust Résumé Taking snuff became a sophisticated social ritual in the 18 th century. Snuff, a form of powdered tobacco, was contained and carried in specific boxes which … were constitutive accessories in the performance of fashionable sociability among the elite but also in more plebeian social circles. Their highly decorative surfaces also afforded a grammar of sociability, from ostentatious display aimed … dazzling snuffboxes from their workshops. Luxury snuffboxes granted their owners a visual expression of wealth, social rank and taste. The King of Portugal had his Ambassador in France commission a gold snuffbox studded with diamonds and …
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