This 18th-century status symbol turned the simple act of taking tobacco into a display of taste, performance, and theatre.

AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...

I can't be in love if it's plastic to live on my own just seems tragic but we'll raise our swords high when our day comes you thought it was gold but it was bronze so ...

So many beautiful objects large and small have been made through the centuries. Falling into both categories were snuff boxes, which were used to contain a product made from pulverized tobacco, which ...

Luxurious personal objects, like this snuff box, were an essential part of a privileged wardrobe during the 1700s and early 1800s, emphasizing their owner’s refinement and wealth. Their glittering ...

Throughout history, tobacco has had its own long and varied history. From the middle of the 1600s to the present day, snuff (pulverized tobacco) has had an interesting place in the history of art and ...

The term used most often to describe cult British sketch show Snuff Box is dark. Very, very dark. That’s about right for a surreal comedy set in a social club for professional hangmen. The Guardian ...

What’s your personality like? Long before BuzzFeed or the Myers-Briggs personality test, there was phrenology—a pseudoscience that used the lumps and bumps of human skulls to tease out the secrets of ...

A: Fulcher: It's like we were lapsed swimmers, and if we strayed from our lane, he would hit us with a stick. Q: Tell me about the music in Snuff Box. A: Berry: It's in D minor. Q: Did you do all of ...