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A late George III silver gilt rectangular snuff box by William Elliott, London 1810, engine turned with reeded concave sides, the interior engraved 'Presented to Alderman Mulliner as an Acknowledgement of Favors by George Armfield', 7.5cm (3in) long, 78g (2.5 oz)

Silver - a George V silver oval snuff box, S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd., Chester 1911; others, later, hexagonal and oval (3)

Continental silver table snuff box.

A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PRESSED HORN AND SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOXES:- AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH HORN SNUFF BOX in the form of a bi-corn hat, the hinged front cover impressed with two French gunners, one bending over on all fours, the other ramming a cannon, titled "Bonaparte A Toulon", the back of the box with an inlaid bone and brass wire cockade and a 19th century French rectangular horn snuff box, the cover impressed with the portrait bust of a Naval Officer flanked by flags with laurel-spray under and inscription "S.A.R.L.E PRINCE DE JOINVILLE"*; the latter 4" (10 cms) long (2) *Francois-Ferdinand-Phillipe-Louis-Marie d' Orleans (1818-1900) was the third son of Louis Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, afterwards King of the French. He was an Admiral in the French Navy.

A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX of canted rectangular form, the cover inset with a gilt-metal medallion*, behind glass; 3.4" (8.5 cms) long *The medal inscribed "MAY THIS AND EVERY FUTURE AGE WITNESS THE PROPERITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS JANUARY 1 1801", the reverse with the figure of time having dropped one hourglass, receives another from a celestial hand, signed "P.....Hancock".

A GEORGE III IRISH SNUFF BOX of plain navette outline with a flush hinge, by an unascribed maker "ER" (incuse), Dublin 1796; 2.7" (6.8 cms) long; 1.95 oz

A VICTORIAN SILVER ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX of plain rectangular form, initialled "IY" on the cover, by C. Rawlings & W. Summers, London 1845 and a silver snuff box with rounded ends and a concealed hinge, crested and initialled "N", by Lawrence & Co., Birmingham 1813; the latter 2.6" (6.8 cms) long; 2.3 oz (2)

AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX & SOVEREIGN HOLDER COMBINED with engraved decoration, the cartouche inscribed "E.NOAKE 1903", maker's mark "AC", Birmingham 1903, together with a late Victorian silver tobacco pebble, initialled "EJN", an Indian silver heart-shaped box, two other silver heart-shaped boxes, a Victorian small silver toilet box with a screw cover, monogrammed, and a small mid 20th century Italian silver & enamel box; the pebble 3.25" (8.2 cms) diameter; 9.9 oz (7)

A WILLIAM IV SILVER SNUFF BOX rectangular with reeded sides and base, a chased floral thumbpiece and an engine-turned border around the cover, inscribed "To John Hele Fuge surgeon in testimony of the Gratitude and Esteem of his fellow townsmen for his humane and unceasing attention to the Poor during the awful visitation of Malignant Cholera, Plymouth AD.1832", by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1832, signed on the bezel "W Hall Fecit" and contained in its original case with the trade label of "William Hall Goldsmith 8 Whimple Street Plymouth"; 3.5" (9 cms) long; 4.5 oz

A GEORGE I OVAL SNUFF BOX with a pull-off cover, engraved with a central cartouche & borderwork, maker's mark partially unclear, London 1722 and a George II cartouche-shaped snuff box with fruit, husks & scrolls in relief on the cover, gilt interior, maker's mark only "EC" (struck twice), by Edmund Carrington, London c.1740; m the latter 2.75" (7 cms) long; 2.45 oz (2)

A MIXED LOT:- A Continental enamelled cigarette case with a lady dancing on the front, the interior inscribed, a spirit flask, two sugar casters, a match box cover, a snuff box, a pair of salts, a compact, a pair of knife rests, two small boxes, a ring, a thimble, a pair of enamelled ear clips, an Art Nouveau mounted bottle cork, two small photograph frames, a necklace and a mother of pearl-handled fruit knife; the larger caster 7.2" (18.4 cms) high; 26 oz weighable silver (lot)

A GEORGE III SILVER SNUFF BOX of plain navette outline, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1816 and a George III rectangular silver snuff box with concave sides and a reeded cover & base, by John Shaw, Birmingham 1809; the latter 2.9" (7.2 cms) long; 4.25 oz (2)

A GEORGE III OVAL SNUFF BOX with a tortoiseshell base, the cover inset with a pressed tortoiseshell plaque, with a portrait of Queen Anne in relief on the cover, the plaque by John Obrisset, (unsigned), gilt interior; 2.55" (6.5 cms) long

A GEORGE III IRISH BRIGHT-ENGRAVED SNUFF BOX navette-shaped, with pricked borders, the cartouche with script initials "AR" above the name "J.Woods", gilt interior, struck with the crowned harp, Hibernia and maker's mark "SB" in an oval, also with traces of another maker's mark in the base, "WW"?, Dublin c.1790; 2.7" (6.8 cms) long; 1.6 oz

A GEORGE III ENGRAVED SILVER SNUFF BOX rectangular with a domed base & cover, by John Shaw, Birmingham 1813 and a silver snuff box, engraved and shaped to resemble a purse or handbag, inscribed "Robt. Paterson", b J. Lawrence & Co., Birmingham, 1819; the latter 2.5" (6.5 cms) lomg; 2.4 oz (2)

A VICTORIAN SILVER ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX with rounded ends, the cartouche with an engraved crest & cypher, C. Rawlings & W. Summers, London 1848 and a William IV engine-turned silver snuff box, rectangular with a chased thumbpiece, initialled "CS", by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1833; the later 2.9" (7.3 cms) long; 4.8 oz (2)

A MID 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN GOLD SNUFF BOX (56 ZOLOTNIKS) of cartouche outline, profusely engraved all over with floral scrollwork and a galloping horse on the cover, maker's mark partially mis-struck, possibly by Carl Fisher, St. Petersburg, c.1840 (Assay Master Alexander Mor); 3" (7.5 cms) long; 2.6 oz

A LATE 18TH CENTURY GILT-METAL MOUNTED IVORY ETUI with a gold cartouche on the cover and interior fittings, a George III inlaid tortoiseshell snuff box of canted oblong form, initialled and four other 19th century boxes; the etui 2.75" (7 cms) high (6)

A WILLIAM IV RECTANGULAR SILVER SNUFF BOX with raised floral borders and chased convex sides, inscribed "Robert Young", by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1836 and a Victorian silver engine-turned snuff box with rounded ends and a vacant scroll cartouche, the interior inscribed "Warmington Grange, Winchcombe", by George Unite, Birmingham 1872; the latter 3.5" (8.7 cms) long; 6.8 oz (2)

A VICTORIAN SILVER ENGRAVED SNUFF BOX of shaped rectangular outline, inscribed on the cover "Presented to Archibald Sharp Esquire, by the representatives late Capt. Alexr. Duncan 1855", by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1849 and another similar silver snuff box, inscribed "Presented to Wezl Hahnel Esq. by John Chadwick Junr. on his return to his native city May 1852", also by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846; the latter 2.75" (7 cms) long; 5.3 oz (2)

A MIXED LOT:- A Victorian Kingwood-veneered watch holder with a glazed, sloping front, a carved wooden thimble case in the form of a walnut (with thimble), a papier-mache snuff box, three various carved coquilla-nut thimble cases in the form of acorns (two with thimbles), a miniature box containing miniature bone dominoes, a carved wooden shoe snuff box with a slide cover, and a carved novelty coquilla-nut snuff box in the form of a portly gentleman; the latter 3.3" (8.3 cms) high (lot)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL OVAL PARCELGILT SNUFF BOX with clover and flowers in relief on the cover, unmarked, possibly Portuguese, an Edwardian shallow circular vinaigrette by William Comyns, Birmingham 1911, a small filigree box and a toilet box by Mappin & Webb, London 1912; the latter 2.9" (7.2 cms) high; 7.2 oz (4)

CYCLING INTEREST:- An early 19th century circular pressed horn snuff box, the pull-off lid pressed with two cyclists on early "Hobbyhorse" bicycles within a square frame over a central "basket weave" cross formation, within a reeded border (signed Bradwell), the base with a flower and acorn rosette inside a square frame on a basket weave ground within a reeded border; 3.1" (7.8 cms) diameter.

AN EARLY GEORGE II SILVER SNUFF BOX in the form of a book, engraved to simulate tooled binding, traces of a maker's mark, unscribed, c.1730; 2.6" (6.7 cms) long; 2.1 oz

A GEORGE III SILVER ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX of rounded oblong form with a concealed hinge, by A.J. Strachen, London 1803, together with a Victorian silver vinaigrette, initialled, by Frederick Marsden, Birmingham 1874 and a silver engraved snuff box, initialled, by Postans & Tye, Birmingham 1813; the larger one 3.2" (8.2 cms) long; 3.5 oz (3)

A LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SILVER DECORATIVE BOX of cartouche form, c.1900, a 19th century papier mache snuff box with a painted hunting scene on the cover, two small Dutch silver boxes, a 19th century Continental silver snuff box, inset with a portrait miniature, unmarked, and a plated collapsible beaker; the papier mache box 3.75" (9.5 cms) long; 8.6 oz weighable silver (6)

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER "CASTLE TOP" SNUFF BOX with a view of Newstead Abbey in low relief on the cover, the base initialled "GLKW", by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1837; 2.4 oz (2)

A GEORGE II SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL MOUNTED TERRAPIN/TURTLESHELL SNUFF BOX with borders of reeding and engraved lappets, and a shield-shaped dome on the cover, maker's mark only "AF", probably by Alexander Forbes of Aberdeen, 1730-50; 4.5" (11.4 cms) long

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PRESSED HORN SNUFF BOX with plain rectangular base, the integrally hinged lid impressed with a scene of St Vincent De Paul's Church, Paris, together with an early 18th century oval pressed horn box, the lift-off cover impressed with a scene depicting Alexander the Great after the battle of Issus, within a fine scrollwork border, with very faint trace of legend and a smaller early 18th century pressed horn box, the cover impressed with a scene depicting a naked female lying on a cloak beneath a tree, a star fish device above her head and a putti attempting to cover her modesty with a fold of the cloak, a lake in the background with three ducks swimming past trees and a hut on the far shore and a radiant sun overhead, the underside of the cover signed "OB" within a pressed oval panel, by John Obrisset; the latter 3.2" (8.1 cms) long (3)

A SMALL MIXED LOT:- A George I rectangular snuff box, crested and inscribed "PERCIVAL" (with a later added steel striker along the back), unmarked c.1725, a German plaque engraved with an Egyptian view, three gilt metal watch keys, three single antique salts (one made in Newcastle) and a mounted antler horn sharpening steel; the latter 13.9" (35 cms) long; 7.1 oz weighable silver

A WILLIAM IV SILVER "PEDDLER" SNUFF BOX rectangular with rounded corners and engine-turning on the base & sides, the cover with a repousse-work wine & spirit peddler in high relief lying his trade (traces of gilding), by John Linnit, London 1834; 3.7" (9.3 cms) long; 5.7 oz

A LATE 18TH CENTURY SILVER-MOUNTED NATURAL SHELL SNUFF BOX with engraved cartouche & initials on the cover, unmarked c.1775 and William IV silver snuff box with chased convex sides, an engine-turned base and a mother of pearl cover, initialled "JK", maker's mark partially unclear, Birmingham 1836; the latter 3.25" (8.2 cms) long (2)

Plated snuff box

A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND BIJOUTERIE to include a Georgian part drawing set with boxwood rule together with a Russian papier-mache box, a Victorian papier-mache spill vase, snuff boxes, cast plaque depicting a profile portrait of Schiller, a painted treen spoon, a ladies compact in the form of a camera, two old Doctor Plumb pipes etc

A COLLECTION OF BIJOUTERIE to include a continental white metal brooch in the form of a cello, a continental white metal perfume bottle in the form of a lute 12cm long, a mother of pearl folding fruit knife, a horn snuff box, silver pill box, a silver sovereign case etc

A Victorian silver double lidded snuff box, Neill & Cook, Birmingham, 1859, 49mm.

A 19th century Russian 84 zolotnik and niello snuff box, with scrolling decoration, 56mm.

Napoleon interest: A rare papier mache Snuff Box, the lid with a composition portrait of the young Napoleon, almost certainly Consulate period - The inscription celebrating peace ''Asses Pour La Glorie Maintenant Pour Le Bonheur'', strongly suggests a date close to the Treaty of Amiens, concluded in 1801, 3 1/5'' x 1''

A 19th century silver and copper mounted snuff box, 5.5cm high x 6cm wide x 3.5cm deep

A circa 1900 continental silver and embossed pocket snuff-box, the obverse and reverse decorated with classical figure scenes, 6cm

A continental silver gilt and embossed heart shaped snuff-box, the hinged cover decorated in relief with profile portrait of a maiden, apparently unmarked, 5cm.Some very minor surface wear.Lid slightly loose.Otherwise very good.

A collection of miscellaneous items to include black lacquered snuff box, cut throat razor, pocket knife, etc

A 19th century snuff box

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of concave form with hinged cover, bright cut with stylised leaves with a floral design to the underside, length 5cm, Birmingham 1809, John Lawrence & Co.

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of canted rectangular form, the hinged cover bright cut with a stylised foliate design, engraved inscription to base, length 5cm, Birmingham 1802, Samuel Pemberton.

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of plain oval form with hinged cover, length 7cm, London 1795, Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson.

A hallmarked silver shaped rectangular snuff box with foliate engraved decoration with a silver and clear glass lip stick scent bottle and two pencils. S/D. (4)

A George I hallmarked silver snuff box of oval form, the hinged cover engraved with figures in Tudor dress in a folly in a garden setting, circa 1720, length 7.5cm, possibly John Swan.

An early Victorian hallmarked silver snuff box of rectangular form with engine turned sides and base, the cover decorated in relief with foliate scrolls around a cartouche engraved 'PRESENTED TO Samuel Gaskell Esq. by the Legators of the late MR. THOMAS HOLDEN', length 9cm, Birmingham 1839, Francis Clarke.

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of oval form, the hinged cover bright cut and engraved with a central cartouche of an owl and inscribed 'THE GIFT OF THE ANCIENT CORPORATION OF CANN WOOD TO J. DISTING ESQ. MAYOR - 11 OCT 1797', length 9cm, London 1797, George Burrows.

A George I hallmarked silver snuff box of rectangular form, the hinged cover engraved with a contemporary coat of arms, with a monogram to the base, length 7cm, London circa 1725, Thomas Tearle.

An early 19th Century hallmarked silver snuff box of cushioned rectangular form, the hinged cover set with an agate, length 6cm, Edinburgh, Robert Fraser. Reputedly formerly the property of William Gladstone.

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of plain concave form with hinged cover, length 4.5cm, Birmingham 1806, Joseph Taylor.

A George III hallmarked silver snuff box of concave form, the hinged cover engraved with a coach and horses travelling through a storm, length 7.5cm, Birmingham 1804, William Boot.

A 19th Century carved coquilla nut, a string box, a small bronze lizard, a Chinese snuff bottle, etc.

A George III Silver Snuff-Box, by Robert Cattle and James Barber, York, 1807, oval with reeded sides, the hinged cover engraved with initial 'M'; Together With: a Victorian Silver-Mounted Mother-of-Pearl Fruit-Knife, by George Unite, Birmingham,1897, the snuff-box 8cm wide, 2oz 11dwt. (2) Robert Cattle and James Barber would seem to have entered into partnership sometime after 20 November 1807, when Cattle was submitting silver to the York Assay office on his own account and 27 December of that year when they is the first record of them submitting work together (M. Baggott, An Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858 and a Transcript and Index of the York Assay Office Ledger 1805-1821, Bodmin, 2010, ledger pp.16-17). The present box is very probably that which was submitted by 'Mess Cattle & Barber' on 26 March 1808 as part of a parcel of silver weighing 297oz 9dwt (op cit., ledger p. 19, line 1).. The snuff-box: Fully marked inside the base including with York town mark. The cover part marked with maker's mark, lion passant and duty mark. There is a small amount of wear to the marks, though each is legible. There are some overall surface scratches and wear, consistent with age and use. The surface is somewhat bright. The fruit-knife: Fully marked on blade. The marks are clear. There is some pitting to the blade. The handle with silver shield later engraved with initials.

A George IV Silver Double Snuff-Box, Maker's Mark GC, Possibly for George Cowie, London, 1821, oval and with two hinged covers, engraved overall with rosettes on a matted ground, further engraved top and bottom with a coat-of-arms, each with differing Egerton crest, and on the sides with initials 'FHE' and a crest, 8.5cm wide, 3oz The arms are those of Egerton, possibly for Francis Henry Egerton (1756-1829). In 1829 Egerton succeeded his brother John to become 8th Earl of Bridgewater. . Fully marked inside one section. The other section and each cover further struck with maker's mark twice. The marks have some wear but are generally legible. There is some overall minor surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use.

Pocket single draw telescope, snuff box, mother of pearl inlaid pocket knife, oriental style papier mache snuff box, turned solitaire board, coin purse, model boat and other items

Royal Worcester porcelain Millennium Collection mantel clock, champagne bottle candle snuffer, mug and coaster, and snuff/pill box (4)

19th Century treen snuff box in the form of a shoe or boot with pique work decoration including initials G.G. to sliding cover, together with a desk seal, George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Victorian Fiddle pattern teaspoon, desk seal, Rototherm desk thermometer in case with plaque 'From the teak of HMS Terrible', 11cm high, etc