Not that anyone is questioning the legality of selling or that I care but people can sometimes get around selling alcohol and tobacco without a license or whatever based on selling the packaging not the contents, for items of some age. I often buy alcohol at estate sales under this guise.
I just picked these up off eBay - J & H Wilson I think from my limited research, but the age is a bit hard to determine. My guess is they are from the 1970s. They are still sealed and I am keen to try them when they arrive. Hope they are in good condition inside!
@Volunge thanks. Those containers are causing an itch in the back of my brain, like Iāve seen them in passing before.
@Snuffick I think what you have may be more interesting historically than J & H wilsons and possibly older than the 70ās . I believe they came from Carrollās of Dunkalk, Irelandās oldest tobacco maufacturer. Here are some links that reinforce my belief. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollās Carrollās is mentioned on page 12 onward in this link and it confirms they did produce snuff. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24341016?read-now=1&seq=12#page\_scan\_tab\_contents Finally this picture shows a few products with the Carrollās name, one linking them to Ireland and the company bearing that name. Link to website with photo. https://www.purcellauctioneers.ie/catalogue/lots/64A83CD21E51663F297A6F18A4740C6E9D1BB84FB9393C6404FBBA959A432FC5/81B29AB6FA187A02A829C1899B734425/regular-monthly-sale-including-a-large-collection-of-original-advertising-signs-tobacciana-etc-etc/?d&action=5&searchCategory=639B67D94FFC5FDFC8096C82D6D47FFF If I find more info Iāll post it. Great score again. Thanks for sharing.
@rostanf thanks for this great info. It makes me keener to try it and look more carefully at the age. I will keep the thread updated with some more photos when they arrive.
My pleasure. I thoroughly enjoy the hunt.
@rostanf: I almost bought those Smiths snuffs! How are they? And the Italian snuff in green paper, I have one of those, 1938! Not much scent, but a good one. I rescented it with cloves and vanilla and itās very good. I look on eBay every week for vintage snuffs and have gotten a few great ones, and a few rusty tasting crappy ones. Itās hit or miss.
@mrmanos my bad! I should have included in my first comment that any thing I post here is up for grabs by anyone at the time of posting. These arenāt things Iāve purchased, just interesting stuff I find online. Itās amazing to me that snuff from 1938 is still good today.
@mrmanos that 1938 give you satisfaction? Curious how (and optimistic that, as long as not molded/spoiled) the effects hold up over that much time
Has anybody ever seen or even tried this Poschl Radford CC (Red Cherry)?
Used to be available on https://snuskingdom.ch/english/snus-kingdom/schnupftabak/radford-blue-english-menthol-6-dosen-1177.html . Thatās an āoopsā link, this ghost is long gone, and probably for good. And yes, I was looking for something special ;).
In 2016 Poschl presented this snuff at Dortmund-hosted InterTabac Fair. https://dutchpipesmoker.com/tag/samuel-gawith/page/2/ (no mention of the snuff in the blog, but the tin is captured in the picture of Poschl stand, you can find it in the gallery beneath the reportage).
Vintage French nasal snuff:
https://ibb.co/s3nS39T
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Cube-tabac-a-priser-poudre-ordinaire-regie-francaise-des-tabacs-/133517992138
Just noticed that the uploaded image from my previous post has mysteriously evaporated.
Dropping a link to the pic on a third-party image hosting site: https://ibb.co/NNvVVdg
Nice idea. Just found some umbrella madras on a Chinese website. I ordered 3 cans. Hope I will get them https://m.yoycart.com/Product/43237585570/Indian\_snuff\_wholesale\_(pure\_Indian\_umbr
@Hloridison, Chinese carry quite a few Indian snuffs. So far I have found N.C. Arya, Perumal Umbrella and ST Shunmugan STS Madras, Sri Vijayalakshmi Tiger Brand and Sri Sastha Brand 55555. There are many sellers on Taobao, but itās a hassle to run a search there and to place an order without a reliable agent (I tossed away this idea). Check out this thread, links are dead, but you might still find it interesting: https://snuffhouse.com/discussion/12085/snuff-from-china-chinahao-com-scams-or-legit
Also, if you are interested in trying Durga Madras, try reaching out to Madala Ramakrishna on Facebook, I think he is a member of Nasal Snuff Takers group there, and have posted about the snuff his family makes. https://ibb.co/pxKLd5t
@newbiesnuffer, do you remember this man? Did he reply to your inquiry?
@volunge thank you so much for the informations. I really want to try more madras snuff. I got my Nc and the tps. I totally love them both. My janta Dragon madras is on itās way. It is really hart to get other madras. I will write madala a message. Thank you for the tip.