Portraits in a Nutshell: The Art and History of Coquilla Nut Snuff Boxes and Bottles

A gorgeously illustrated look at snuff boxes and bottles carved from the Brazilian coquilla nut reveals a larger history of commerce, cultural exchange, and power in the Atlantic world.

Portraits in a Nutshell showcases intricately carved snuff boxes and bottles sculpted from the Brazilian coquilla nut between the seventeenth and mid—nineteenth centuries. Both utilitarian and decorative, these bottles and boxes were produced and used by diverse people of wide—ranging geographic origin, raci...