Objects
Box- tobacco
Nicotine
Consumption
Gifting
Inferred
[Taken from catalogue entry]
[Box] Oval box with a cabled wire applied to the rim and around the base, below a stepped moulding. Back engraved with crest of Wayte above the inscription 'JW / 1680 / R W Jan 1st / 789'
[Lid] Oval cover, slightly domed, with engraved arms of Wayte, Isle of Wight
Marks and inscriptions
[Box] 'IS' monogram in a beaded oval
[Box] Leopard's head crowned mark for London
[Box] lion passant sterling standard
[Box] 'h' date letter
[Box] crest of Wayte, Isle of Wight
[Box] 'JW / 1680 / RW Jan 1st / 789'
[Lid] 'IS' monogram in a beaded oval
[Lid] arms of Wayte, Isle of Wight
This box was made to be carried in the pocket, a practice which has worn away the corded moulding.
Silver tobacco boxes of the mid-17th century were usually oval and plain in form, with a slip-on lid. This example bears the most common type of decoration, engraved heraldic ornament on the lid. It also has a cabled wire ornament at the rim and base.
Production
Dates of Production: from 1655
to 1656
London, England
Consumer
J W
[Not specified]
Gifter or recipient
Consumption
1 January 1681
Isle of Wight, England
Materials
Metal- silver
Metal- plate
Museological Details
Tobacco box
V&A museum
M.695:1,2-1926
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