Wooden snuff box for tobacco, with an anti-Semitic relief on the lid. [Alsace, 18th cent.]. Carved rosewood. On the lid of the box appear figures of three Jewish merchants, depicted in a ludicrous way. Length: 6.5 cm, width: 10.5 cm, height: 2.5 cm. Good condition. Such a box is found in the collections of the Jewish Museum of London. See also: The Jew in Anti-Semitic Art, the Peter Ehrenthal collection, published by the Wolfson Museum and the Museum of Jewish Art, Heichal Shlomo, 2011. Item 39.