Snuff is a tobacco product that is sniffed into the nose.
While popular amonst the royalty in early Europe,
the product declined amongst the well-to-do around 1850.
Poor southern women continue to "dip" snuff by putting it in their
mouth.
Snuff is still widely used today throughout Europe.
Most snuff jars have a distinctive box-like appearance and wide mouth. Many of the early examples are pontiled (as shown to the right) and the common colors were olive green and amber.
