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Snuff Box

Original OwnerOriginally owned by George Washington American, 1732 - 1799
Date1780-1795
MediumAgate with gilt brass and copper mounts
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of Miss Caroline Lloyd
DescriptionAgate snuff box set in gilt brass and copper mounts, which is said to have belonged to George Washington.
Object number1873.4.0
On View
Not on view
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1995.203.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2000.8.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Harold J. Olmsted, 2014.144.3 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Silas Olmsted
Stencil
C. S. Ambulance Works
1862-1865
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.80a-bb © 2016 The Connec…
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Brown, 1964.118.7  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1995.202.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1969.14.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.72a-e © 2016 The Connect…
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
about 1847
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1960.138.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Augustus Washington
about 1850