What Is It? - #78

[Happyflowerlady]

What about something to carry chewing tobacco, or snuff (is that the same thing?),around in maybe ? From the hints, it seems to be tobacco- related.

 

[SifuPhil]

Is it for cheroots, or the leaves or papers to make roll yer owns in?

Is it used for placing the tobacco into bags?

You're both so warm I'm starting to see smoke and those little glowing embers floating in the air, and-

OH GEEZE MY CIGARETTE FELL INTO MY LAP! :holymoly:



Just kidding, but you both ARE very warm ...

 

[SifuPhil]

How about a mustache/sideburn comb?

Not a 'stache comb, no ...

What about something to carry chewing tobacco, or snuff (is that the same thing?),around in maybe ? From the hints, it seems to be tobacco- related.

DING! DING! DING!

We have a winna!!!

HappyFlowerLady has got it on (in) the nose! It's a snuff box. It's real name is Mauchline Ware (pronounced Moch’lin) and hails from Scotland -

Mauchline Ware developed partly by accident and partly through necessity. Towards the end of the 18th century in the town of Alyth, Perthshire(now Tayside), a man named John Sandy invented the "hidden hinge" snuff box. He made the knuckles of the snuff box’s hinge form alternately from those of the lid and the back of the box, with a metal rod passing very precisely through the enter. This rod was a little shorter than the box so as not to protrude through the ends, which he then plugged, rendering the mechanism invisible.


Since Sandy was bedridden for most of his life, Charles Stiven, from Laurencekirk, took over the job of manufacturing and marketing this invention, thus it became known as the Laurencekirk snuff box. Eventually, the secret of the hidden hinge found its way to Cumnock, only a few miles from Mauchline.

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It's a fancy snuff box with a hidden hinge!

Congratulations HappyFlowerLady and thank you all for your great answers! Good job!

 

[Ina]

Phil, it it use to flatten, cut, and shape tobacco for rolling? :stupid:

 

[SeaBreeze]

Congratulations Happyflowerlady!! :clap:

 

[Ina]

Phil, :saywhat: :bashcomp:

 

[Denise1952]

Oh congrats lady!! Snuff, I just watched a guy using that on one of my Sherlock Holmes movies, LOL!!

Thanks Phil, these are so fun!! Denise

 

[Ina]

Happy, Your doing good. :yougogirl:

 

[CeeCee]

Congrats, HappyFlowerlady!

 

[Jillaroo]

Good onya HFL :woohoo1:

 

[Happyflowerlady]

Thanks, Everyone ! I just kind of followed the lead , in the direction it seemed to be heading; plus I remembered that one WII a while back that was about snuff, and Copenhagen/Denmark was one of the hints (or something like that), so I thought maybe our SifuPhil was leading us down the same trail again.

I love these, and most every time, I am totally stumped about what it might be, or way off on the possibilities.
Thank you for another great WII ! !

 

[SifuPhil]

You have a good memory, but I would NEVER lead ANY of you astray.

Congrats again!

 

[Falcon]

:congratulations: HFL