Octagonal vintage tin tobacco box depicting a hunting scene for smoking tobacco No 843

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Octagonal vintage tin tobacco box depicting a hunting scene for smoking tobacco No 843

• Manufacturer: Dutch
• Manufacture date: 1910 - 1960

Description
Vintage tin tobacco box with an octagonal shape and fitted with a hinged slightly convex lid with a flat edge. The tin is made with a seamed side seam and bottom. The hinged lid is fitted with a needle hinge. The decoration of this tin consists of a red/brown clouded background with golden lines. On the sides is a representation of a pine branch and a hunting horn. On top of the lid is a multicoloured image of an English hunting scene. Text on the edge of the back: "250 grams of smoking tobacco No 843".

Condition
This tin is in an original vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Height: 9.5 cm.
• Length: 16.9 cm.
• Width: 10.8 cm.

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the chief commercial crop is N. Tabacum. The more potent variant N. Rustica is also used in some countries.

Dried tobacco leaves are mainly used for smoking in cigarettes and cigars, as well as pipes and shishas. They can also be consumed as snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco and snus.

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