Does anyone know name of this company and what is in the box??????

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Hi Bacco

Looks like perfume packaging but...

Could it be the Tobacconists Fribourg & Treyer?

 WOW!! Hilbert, 

Spot on. One of the oldest tobacco & snuff manufacturers. I'll dig some info out on this company.

bacco

If that's where I think it is, it's the Haymarket shop, and the frontage is still there unchanged. Well worth a look when you're next in London!

Great piece too, by the way! Thanks for posting.

A truly exquisite box and glass jar,
complete with snuff intact.

Simply marvelous.

Jawdropt.

Thanks for sharing.

A good quick read about F&T here:
The Old Snuff House of Fribourg & Treyer at the Sign of the Rasp & Crown
archive.org/details/oldsnuffhouseoff00evaniala

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They also had an Oxford location:
 

Quick glimpse of the shop seen circa 1943 in this video:
pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/1943...nhill-shop

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 Hi philofumo,

Nice info on Fribourg & Treyer. Their snuffs were very popular with royalty and the upper classes of the day. Have posted some of their snuff-jars.

bacco