Snuff bottle – Poschl-Schmalzler
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1999.029.003
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Poschl-Schmalzler snuff bottle. Stoneware bottle, with a picture of a man holding his nose. Has a cork with a hole and blue plastic stopper. According to research these snuff bottles were made in Landshut, Bavaria. Landshut is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria. On the back of the bottle is reads Poschl- Schnupftabake, Landshut, Bayern.
Schnupftabak means snuff, sniffing tobacco, powdered tobacco.