Antique Handcarved Wooden Snuff Box Hat 1940's era wooden accent table

1940's era wooden accent table with gorgeous turned bobbin legs

A gorgeous piece

Strap drop 8"

26"W x 26"D x 28"H

Antique Handcarved Wooden Snuff Box Hat 1940's era wooden accent tableHand carved antique wooden 'SNUFF' box with sliding top. The habit of snuff taking dates back to the colonial period of America. Snuff was a powdered form of tobacco that needed to be kept moist because it had a tendency to dry out and hard to keep fresh. Snuff boxes were air tight containers developed to keep the tobacco fresh and typically made from wood, horn, silver or even paper mache. At one point snuff boxes became the must have accessory for