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Snuff box Long Caption: Silver snuff box presented to the Shipbuilder Richard Green (1803-63) in 1855. Snuff became fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries and stimulated further demand for tobacco from the West Indies. Richard Green was the eldest surviving son and the successor of George Green, shipbuilder and co-founder of Wigram & Green of Blackwall on the Thames. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green of Blackwall Collection Object: PLT0059 Artist: T. Eley Date: 1855-56 Medium: silver Size: Overall: 45 x 130 x 36 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.