Turned box wood and steel snuff pounder or pestle

Made:
1790-1880
Turned box wood and steel snuff pounder or pestle

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Turned box wood and steel snuff pounder or pestle
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Turned box wood and steel snuff pounder or pestle, bulbous handle, tubular body, steel pounder with crimpled end, English(?), 1790-1880

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A20586
Materials:
boxwood and steel
type:
tobacco pestle
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)