{"product_id":"corozo-nut-snuff-box-with-hinged-lid-18th-19th-century","title":"Corozo nut snuff box with hinged lid, 18th\/19th century","description":"\u003cp\u003eCorozo nut snuff box with hinged lid, lid carved with soldier and town scene, bottom with figure with book with dog by buildings, 18th\/19th century\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Estate of Niels Knudsen, Victoria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorozo nut, which is very easy to carve, is also easily dyed and patinated, so that it was a material of choice for making small objects. The \"palm ivory\" from the Amazon rainforest bear fruit whose pulpit inner (endosperm) becomes very hard when dry and texture very similar to ivory. It is this which is called vegetable ivory or tagua. The corozo or tagua nut carves, turns, polishes easily and almost as finely as ivory. The nut was worked by the sailors who made such small boxes, snuff graters or tobacco also made by convicts, and are fine examples of folk art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uno Langmann Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914906841241,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/4032\/8089\/files\/21713.1_d398ee80-5da2-4c27-a515-c85ceee2d753.jpg?v=1787269768","url":"https:\/\/www.langmanngallery.com\/products\/corozo-nut-snuff-box-with-hinged-lid-18th-19th-century","provider":"Uno Langmann Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}