an early antique Georgian lead tobacco box. pierre brice

pierre brice

Whilst primarily a painter of the english countryside

refreshed by the like creative minds he met

and his liberal views

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an early antique Georgian lead tobacco box. pierre bricean early unadorned antique Georgian tobacco box of octagonal form with a simple flat lid with a decorated finial in the form of an african man likely to be a black Virginian. length 100mm width 100mm height to top of finial 130mm the demand for a box capable of retaining moisture in processed tobacco grew in the Georgian times with the increase in popularity of smoking and availability of tobacco. the impervious nature of lead made it the ideal