Snuffbox

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe record says it is hard-paste porcelain with gold, and it measures under eight centimetres across.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorUnder eight centimetres. You could lose it in a coat and mourn it for years.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIts decoration features castles. Look closely at the painted towers.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCastles. On a box for powdered tobacco you sniffed up your nose.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPowdered tobacco was the fashion. Imagine carrying this tiny porcelain castle just to access your nasal snuff collection.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWas it for the sneezing?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt was for the manners.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMy appraisal. Two garden gnomes, a very good umbrella, and the sense that the world peaked in seventeen seventy.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDale, this is a museum object. You are appraising it like a damp shed.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Met owns it, and it is not for sale. It is simply there to be admired.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine. It's a castle you can hold, and it still can't protect anyone from a sneeze.