snuff-box

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snuff-box has 33 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 6 references, with 5 live disagreements.

33 facts·13 predicates·6 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:made of(10), manufacturing process(4), lined with(4)

Made ofin dispute`madeOf`

Horn^[5]sourceall time · 72
Box Wood^[6]all time · 73
Box Root^[6]all time · 73
King Wood^[6]all time · 73
Ebony^[6]all time · 73
Tin^[6]all time · 73
Brass^[6]all time · 73
Pewter^[6]all time · 73
Lead^[6]all time · 73
Silver^[6]all time · 73

Inbound mentions (4)

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`analogyTo`Analogy to(1)

Little Box of Limeex:little-box-of-lime

`drewFrom`Drew From(1)

Cleopatraex:cleopatra

`emergingFrom`Emerging From(1)

Skeleton Formex:skeleton-form

`hasPossession`Has Possession(1)

Franciscanex:franciscan

Other facts (21)

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21 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Manufacturing Process	Tin Foil Covering Process	[6]
Manufacturing Process	Painting Process	[6]
Manufacturing Process	Ruling Machine Process	[6]
Manufacturing Process	Varnishing Process	[6]
Lined With	Tortoise Shell	[6]
Lined With	Horn	[6]
Lined With	Tin	[6]
Lined With	Lead Foil	[6]
Quality	Cheap Quality	[6]
Quality	Elaborate Quality	[6]
Quality	Expensive Quality	[6]
Rdf:type	Artifact	[1]
Rdf:type	Object	[2]
Bearing Initials of	Marc Antony	[1]
Undiscovered Status	true	[1]
Function	help-mind-on-to-something-better	[2]
Frequency of Carrying	abroad	[2]
Evokes Spirit of	Owner of Snuff Box	[2]
Used for	Triturated Dust	[3]
Containing	Scented Rappee	[4]
Fashioning	Rude Fashioning	[6]

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labelseven-sisters-of-sleep/13

snuff-box

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undiscoveredStatusseven-sisters-of-sleep/13

true

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typeseven-sisters-of-sleep/62

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functionseven-sisters-of-sleep/62

help-mind-on-to-something-better

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frequencyOfCarryingseven-sisters-of-sleep/62

abroad

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evokesSpiritOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/62

ex:owner-of-snuff-box

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labelseven-sisters-of-sleep/63

snuff-box

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usedForseven-sisters-of-sleep/63

ex:triturated-dust

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containingseven-sisters-of-sleep/68

ex:scented-rappee

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/72

ex:horn

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manufacturingProcessseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:tin-foil-covering-process

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manufacturingProcessseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

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manufacturingProcessseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

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manufacturingProcessseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:varnishing-process

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:box-wood

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:box-root

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:king-wood

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:ebony

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:tin

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:brass

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:pewter

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:lead

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madeOfseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:silver

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qualityseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

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fashioningseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

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qualityseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:elaborate-quality

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qualityseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:expensive-quality

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linedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:tortoise-shell

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linedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:horn

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linedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:tin

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linedWithseven-sisters-of-sleep/73

ex:lead-foil

References (6)

6 references

[1]134 facts
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  There is no reason to doubt that the ancients were, in a manner, acquainted with some of the narcotics known to us, although they did not indulge in them as stimulants or luxuries. The antiquarian, it is true, has failed to unearth the toba…
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  Everybody, of course, knows all about the Franciscan and his snuff-box, with which this chapter begins. Sterne narrates it in his happiest vein, and all who read it are somehow sure to remember it. Boxes are exchanged; the traveller is left…
[3]632 facts
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  In this quotation we also meet with the “pouncet box,” which seems to have been a small box having a “pounced” or perforated cover, containing perfumes, the scent of which escaping from the open work at the top was regarded as a preservativ…
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  ered dust all about her mouth, into the interstices of her teeth, &c., where she allows it to remain until its strength has been fully absorbed. Others hold the stick thus loaded with snuff in the cheek, à la quid of tobacco, and suck it wi…
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  oxes are also made of horn, either black buffalo or transparent pressed horn—the latter at a much cheaper rate than the former. St. Helena contributed to the Great Exhibition snuff-boxes made from the willow under which the remains of Napol…
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  -boxes for which Russia has long been famous. In these, the outside of the box is first covered with stout tin-foil, then completely painted all over the surface, and afterwards placed in the ruling machine, which traces upon it an intricat…

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