Objekt 25
Snuff box
Description
In Sterzing in South Tyrol there was an extensive production of objects made of horn. Spoons, jars, and other small objects were decorated with plain representations and simple verses about love and pleasure. The rhyme on this snuff box is very characteristic: "A sweetbread tobacco a beautiful woman / This is the best pastime."
Object description
Sterzing/South Tyrol, around 1800
Horn, engraved and blackened
Inv. 1890.72.