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Hidden Portrait Snuff Box | Portrait, Stuart dynasty, Long term loans
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a portrait of a woman wearing a blue hat

Hidden Portrait Snuff Box

A Jacobite snuff box containing a hidden portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Jacobites would show their support for the Stuart dynasty by keeping secret objects. Ownership of this object would have been deemed ‘treasonous’ by the establishment, so the portrait would be hidden from view when necessary. This snuff box is on long term loan to the museum by kind permission of William Grant & Sons.
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West Highland Museum

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