Details
A horn and cedar inlaid tobacco box, late 17th century
of oval outline, the cover inscribed LEND MEE NOT IF YOU LOVE MEE and dated 1679 -- 4in. (10cm.) wide
See Illustration
of oval outline, the cover inscribed LEND MEE NOT IF YOU LOVE MEE and dated 1679 -- 4in. (10cm.) wide
See Illustration
Literature
Edward H.Pinto Treen and Other Wooden Bygones,Bell and Hyman, London 1969. A similar box is illustrated in plate 357. Pinto gives the opinion that boxes of this type appear to have been made by one man, between 1680 and 1710.