Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1901 — An Ancient Tobacco Box. [ARTICLE]

An Ancient Tobacco Box.

There has been much discussion in England lately among the parochial fathers of Rothephithe as "to the disposal of an ancient tobacco-box, which was discovered a few years ago in an iron safe, and had been given a place

of honour in the Vestry Hall. It has now been decided to transfer the to-bacco-box to the public library, where It wii* be under the care of the librarian. This interesting Rotherhithe relic is octagonal in shape, and stands about twelve inches high. It is a box within a box, the outer shell being intended to hold tobacco, whilst in the interior were placed the balloting balls used at the election of “The Amicable Society of Churchwardens and Overseers" a century ago. The box is beautifully engraved, and contains a panel with a silver medallion portrait of George 111., and is inscribed in commemofation of the Grand National Jubilee, celebrated on October 23, 1809. There is a panel recording Nelson’s triumph at Trafalgar, and another in commemoration of the victory obtained over the French army at Waterloo.