Civil War Brass Snuff Box / SOLD

Civil War Brass Oval Snuff Box - Inventory Number: CAM 151 / SOLD

Measures approximately 3 1/8" x 1 5/8" and is approximately 1/2" deep.  Contained pipe tobacco.  Throughout the Civil War snuff production and use increased.  Snuff use was even recommended by doctors as a general cure-all, particularly effective in the treatment of coughs, colds, and headaches.  Many soldiers carried snuff in tins similar to this one in their haversacks. 

Inventory Number: CAM 151 / SOLD