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Click here to subscribeA small collection of five silver snuff boxes, comprising: a George IV box, by John Shaw, Birmingham 1821, rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, length 8cm, plus a William IV one of shaped rectangular form, by Joseph Bettridge, Birmingham 1830, the engine-turned cover inscribed 'Helen', plus an Edward Smith box, of reeded and engine-turned rectangular form, Birmingham 1832, and two others, approx. total weight 8.5oz. (5)
A collection of five antique silver snuff boxes, comprising a George III silver-gilt one, by Lea and Clark, Birmingham 1817, rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, foliate borders, one by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham 1812, with engraved fish-scale decoration, flush-hinged cover, plus an oval snuff box, a silver-gilt snuff box and one other, approx. total weight 3.8oz. (5)
A mixed lot of silver items, comprising: a small George III mug, London 1785, baluster form, leaf capped scroll handle, on a beaded circular foot, inscribed, plus a George IV hip flask, by John Reily, London 1825, of cylindrical form, pull-off drinking cup, screw-off cover, crested, and a cigarette box, a snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1838, a Victorian vesta box, with two hinged compartments, a striker and a cutter, a tooth pick and an electroplated pepper mill, approx. weighable 9.5oz. (7)
A 19th century gold snuff box, maker's mark JH, shaped rectangular form, the hinged cover engraved with an armorial, plain thumb-piece, length 5.7cm, approx. weight 42.5g. Provenance: from the family collections of Captain George Lionel Jameson OBE (1880-1961), Colonel Jocelyn Elliott Armstrong (1903-2001), and their descendants.
A George III silver double-snuff box, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1811, oval rectangular form, the top hinged cover engraved with a man in a gig being pulled by two horses, with a secondary hinged section, the underside with diagonal decoration, gilded interior, length 6.9cm, approx. weight 2oz. For a similar example by the same maker, see: Delib, E., Silver Boxes, Ferndale Editions, 1979, page 79.
A George III silver double snuff box, by William Pugh, Birmingham 1808, shaped rounded rectangular form, the top hinged cover engraved with foliate decoration, with a secondary hinged section, the underside with acorn decoration, gilded interior, inscribed, length 7.8cm approx. weight 1.89oz.. Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale, 19 October 2006, lot 1645.
An early-Victorian silver 'Castle-top' snuff box, Windsor castle, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1837, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of the Castle with the Round Tower, the underside with tartan decoration, and with a rectangular cartouche, inscribed 'R. Thompson', length 7.2cm, approx. weight 2oz.
A George I silver snuff box, by Stephen Marram, London 1716, rectangular form, canted corners, engraved scroll and bead decoration, length 7cm, approx. weight 2oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 90. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 102.
A George III Irish provincial silver snuff box, by Carden Terry, Cork circa 1785, oval navette form, flush hinged cover, engraved decoration, initialled, length 8cm, approx. weight 1.8oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 194. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 176.
An 18th century Scottish provincial silver and mother-of-pearl snuff box, maker's mark only, CA, for Coline Allan, Aberdeen circa 1750, oval form, reeded mounts, the cover set with a mother-of-pearl panel, length 8.5cm. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 154. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 144.
A George III novelty silver snuff box, by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1806, modelled as the hull of a boat, plain rectangular hinged cover, length 7.6cm, approx. weight 1oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 223. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 200.
A George III Scottish provincial silver snuff box, by William Clarke, Greenock circa 1800, rectangular form, canted corners, the flush hinged cover inscribed 'Auriculars 1799' and 'Carnations 1800', and with engraved flowers, the underside inscribed 'Given as a Premium to Mr J McLachlan by The Greenock Florists Society for Auriculars and Carnations 1799 and 1800', length 7.2cm, approx. weight 2.8oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 209. Christie's South Kensington, Silver, 8 October 2002, lot 232. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 190.
A late 17th / early 18th century silver snuff box, maker's mark only, AH below a crown, circa 1700, rectangular form, engraved stiff leaf border, length 6cm, approx. weight 1.3oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 55. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 70. For maker's mark see Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collectors Club, 1989, page 145.
A George III silver-gilt snuff box, by William Snook Hall, London 1818, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised cast scene of the Judgement of Solomon in a city setting, engine-turned sides and base, length 8cm, approx. weight 4.7oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 244. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 212.
A George IV silver snuff box, by John Bettridge, Birmingham 1828, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised scene from Act II, Scenes IV of Shakespeare's Henry VIII with the celebrated actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), engine-turned sides and base, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 6.9oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 265. Alastair Dickenson, 1999. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 225. Literature Delieb, E, Silver Boxes, Antique Collector's Club, 2002, p127, pl.203.
A George III silver snuff box, by Phipps and Robinson, London 1799, rounded rectangular form, the cover engraved with brick-work and with a flautist under trees, with a figure in the background, the underside with a rustic dancing scenes, the interior with an allegorical scene of Britannia, her shield with the initials 'JJS', length 8cm, approx. weight 3.4oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 204. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 182.
A George III silver snuff box, by John Linnit, London 1824, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a cast raised scene of two huntsmen and hounds pursuing a fox, length 8.2cm. approx. weight 4.8oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 255. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 219.
A George IV silver snuff box, by Alexander Strachan, London 1829, rounded rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised scene of a tavern interior with six revellers, engine-turned sides and base, the interior inscribed 'To John Reeve from W.C.Evans and a few friends on his departure for America, London Sept 11th, 1835', length 7.8cm, approx. weight 5oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 266 Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 226.
An early 18th century silver double snuff box, unmarked, circa 1725, shaped rectangular and shell form, chased and engraved with shells, scrolls and fruit engraved border, length 8.3cm. approx. weight 2.2oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 121. The Albert Collection, no.536. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 123. Illustrated in Butler, R., The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing, London 2004, page 36.
A George III silver snuff box, by Peter and Ann Bateman, London 1794, oval navette form, the pull-off cover engraved with a rural scene of two huntsmen with their rifles and gun dog, the underside initialled 'JB', length 10.9cm, approx. weight 3.6oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 202. The Albert Collection. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 181. Illustrated in Butler, R., The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing, London 2004, page 181.
An 18th century silver double snuff box, unmarked, circa 1760-80, rectangular form, flush hinged covers, engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling and a crest, length 7.7cm, approx. weight 2.7oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 166 Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 153. The arms are those of Montgomery quartering Eglinton of Convoy House, Co. Donegal.
A mid-18th century silver-mounted agate tontine snuff box, maker's mark W.L only, London circa 1755, rectangular cushion form, chased foliate and scroll decoration, the underside and interior inscribed with the names and dates of death, length 7.7cm., approx. weight 4oz. Tontine is a loan given for life annuities with benefit of survivorship, so called from the inventor Laurence Tonti, a Neapolitan. There is an annuity, after a certain rate of interest, granted to a number of people, divided into classes, according to their respective ages, so that annually the whole fund of each class is divided among the survivors of that class, till at last it falls to one. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 160. The Albert Collection no.511. Asprey and Co. Ltd., London 1995. (Alastair Dickenson). Illustrated and written up in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 148-149. Illustrated in Butler, R., The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing, London 2004, page 42/3. Literature: Gale Glynn, 'Some tontines commemorated on English plate, The Silver Society Journal, No.8, Autumn 1996 pages 452-453. She publishes the fruit of her research into this box and explains the family and business connections between individuals named in the inscriptions.
A George II silver double-snuff box, maker's mark of P.W, attributed to Peter Wirgman, London 1741, waited oblong form, hinged cover and base, engraved with a later armorial, crest and motto, height 6cm, approx. weight 3.3oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 149. Alastair Dickenson Ltd, London 2007. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 141. The arms are those of Coventry, for the Earls of Coventry.
A George III provincial silver double-lidded silver table snuff box, by Joseph Hicks, Exeter circa 1800, oval form, bright-cut borders, with two initialled cartouches, length 9.3cm, approx. weight 4.7oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 211 Alastair Dickenson Ltd., Mr and Mrs Ronald Kellett. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 192.
A George III Irish silver-mounted cowrie shell Masonic snuff box, maker's mark only, JK, for James Keating, Dublin circa 1798, the hinged cover engraved with Masonic symbols, length 8.3cm. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 188 Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 172.
A mid-18th century silver portrait snuff box, maker's mark P.W, attributed to Peter Wirgman, and with a lion passant, London circa 1750, circular from, the hinged cover set with a commemorative medallion of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska, by O. Hamerani, diameter 7cm, approx. weight 3.7oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 155 Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 145. Princess Maria Sobieska (1702-1735), was the granddaughter of John II Sobieska of Poland. In 1719 she was married to James Francis Edward Stuart, ('The Old Pretender'), 1688-1766), son of the deposed James II. The couples elder son was Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart, ('the Young Pretender'), 1720-1788, generally known as 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', who instigated the Jacobite uprising of 1745.
A George III Scottish parcel-gilt silver table snuff box, by Alexander Gardner and Co, Edinburgh 1802, oval navette form, the flush-hinged cover with an armorial, and with a presentation inscription, 'Presented by the Western Abernethy Company of Volunteers to James Grant Esq. of Birchfield their Captain', length 12cm, approx. weight 6oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 208 Christie's South Kensington, Silver, 28-29 November 2006, lot 319. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 189. The arms are those of Grant. During the Napoleonic Wars, volunteer units were raised throughout the United Kingdom. In 1793 Sir James Grant raised a regiment of Fencibles almost exclusively from his own tenantry. in 1798 he raised the Strathspey Battalion of Volunteers. In Abernethy there were two Companies, the Eastern and the Western. The Western Company had a strength of 80 and their Captain was James Grant Esq. of Birchfield
A George III silver snuff box, by Peter and Ann Bateman, London 1790, oval navette form, the flush hinged cover engraved with a portrait of a man, in a cartouche with 'HOLD FAST', the top of the box engraved with another portrait of a seated man taking snuff, engraved foliate borders, length 11.8cm, approx. weight 4.7oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 195. The Albert Collection no.644. Alastair Dickenson Ltd. Firestone and Parson, Boston. 1997. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 177. Illustrated in Butler, R., The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing, London 2004, page 46.
A George I silver snuff box, maker's mark DL four times, for Dennis Langdon, London circa 1720, oval form, the hinged cover with a portrait of Queen Mary with birds, foliate scrolls, masks and diaperwork, gilded interior, length 7.6cm, approx. weight 1.5oz. Provenance: The Lion Collection, no. 103. Alastair Dickenson Ltd. Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale, 18 October 2006, lot 666. Illustrated in Culme, J. British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 111.
An Imperial Russian silver and niello inlaid snuff box, assay master possibly Nicholai Lusinov, 1838: the lid and underside decorated with buildings, having a gilded interior 5.5cm. wide, together with a Tiffany Sterling silver caddy spoon, stamped Tiffany & Co, Sterling, 8cm long, total weight of silver 70gms, 2.25ozs
A Georgian ribbed silver snuff box - approx. weight 3 troy ouncesCONDITION REPORTDimensions are as follows:7.5 x 4.5 x 1.8cmRemains of gilt to interior.Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention.
Group of 19th century papier mâché snuff boxes with hand painted decoration to lids, along with a treen snuff box and a lacquered 'Souvenir' case (some bases missing to boxes)Condition report: Framed lid has no base. 3 boxes have bases and 5 do not.There is also one leather case present in this lot and one other rectangular shaped “Souvenir” case which partly broken. (See images)
PARIS 1781-1789 TABATIÈRE ÉMAILLÉE, Elle est de forme ovale en or jaune 18K guilloché de vagues à toutes faces. Le couvercle est orné d'un émail à décor d'amours en grisaille sur fond rose. Les encadrements à décor floral sont soulignés d'émail vert. Sur les cotés, quatre pilastres émaillés (manques à l'émail). Poids : 67,93 gr. Dimensions : 6,7 x 3,2 x 2,7 cm. , , An enamel and 18K yellow gold snuff-box, PARIS, circa 1781-1789. Gross weight : 67,93 gr. Dimensions : 6,7 x 3,2 x 2,7 cm.
FOUR SILVER SNUFF BOXES, to include a silver Edwardian example with engraved ivy detail, a mid Victorian silver snuff box with engine turned decoration, floral and foliate detail to the edge and initialled central cartouche, a George III silver snuff box of curved shape with banded detail, silver hallmark for Birmingham 1811, and a rectangular Late Victorian mother of pearl box, the silver edges with scrolling acanthus detail, lengths 55mm to 78mm, approximate total gross weight 208 grams
Continental sterling silver table snuff box c1910, extensively marked to interior, sub-rectangular in form with incurved corners and gilt throughout, lid and base similarly decorated with central rectangular panel of pink iridescent guilloche enamel (with an underlying repeated sinus pattern), surrounding the pink enamel are alternating panels of black and white enamel with mixed gilt floral/foliate decoration, borders similarly decorated with raised silver-gilt margins surrounding pink enamel panels 9 x 5 cm 128.2 grams
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