ATG letter: ‘Scottish’ miser’s snuff box comes from the Baltic
Just out of interest, the snuff box illustrated [19th century miser’s snuff box] in Letters, ATG No 2711, is not Scottish, but from a group of boxes made of Karelian Birch from the Finnish/Russian area in the Baltic region.
These boxes often turn up in Scotland because of our trading with that region; also they are usuall…