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Click here to subscribeLot with 3 silver boxes, 833/000, a snuff box, rectangular model with chased work and engraving. 4x2.5x4.5cm. MT.: CHCammans, Leeuwarden, jl.:s:1877. A round convex pill box with a worked edge and a lid with a representation of a landscape with a mill and a farm. ø 41 mm. And a flat round box with engraving, with engraving on the bottom; ABC 11-1-57. ø 37 mm. Total approx. 65 grams. In good condition.
A George III horn snuff box, c.1800, the hinged cover with scene of a lady with a basket of grapes next to a Gentleman with a child on his knee, above them the words "Le Bon Ménage" (The Good Household) from a comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, performed in the late 18th Century, 8 x 4.4 x 2.2cms high.PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
LONDON, Oxford Street, The Pantheon, Italian Opera, silver-plated copper, frontal elevation of the Pantheon dividing engraved k s [King’s Side], 1790=1 engraved in exergue, rev. italian opera pantheon, box no. 5, named (Earl of Egremont), 34mm, 15.87g (W 377). Some surface marks, otherwise about very fine, obverse dark-toned, very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£400 --- George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), Petworth House, Sussex and Orchard Wyndham, Somerset; educ. Wandsworth and Westminster; succeeded to the family titles and estates in 1763, and those of his uncle, Percy Wyndham O’Brien, in Ireland in 1774; substantial patron of the arts, including Turner, Constable and Flaxman; canal builder and majority shareholder in the Arun Navigation Co; bred horses and pedigree Sussex cattle, maintaining a racing stud near Lewes; his horses won the Derby six times between 1782 and 1826 and the Oaks five times between 1788 and 1820, records that remain unbeaten today. By political persuasion a Whig, he purchased the pocket borough of Midhurst in 1787, using it to return his two younger brothers to the House of Commons, but sold it in 1796 to Lord Carrington. He revived the Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry in 1794 and installed himself as its colonel. Chiefly known today for his myriad affairs, he fathered 43 illegitimate children and maintained some 15 mistresses at Petworth House, as well as Lady Melbourne (1751-1818), of whom it was rumoured that Wyndham ‘bought her’ from a previous lover, Lord Coleraine, for £13,000. The earl is said to have behaved no differently to most wealthy young men of his day, “taking women as frequently as they took snuff and changing lovers as often as they changed their linen”, according to the National Trust, which acquired Petworth House in 1947
A Russian niello snuff box, decorated with foliate designs to all sides, on a black ground, the lid with the initials A M, chased gold thumbpiece, 92mm l, maker's, standard and assay master's marks, Moscow 1842, 4oz 10dwt Good condition, not unduly worn nor dented, no repair, lid closing tightly shut
An 18th Continental Yellow Metal and Moss Agate Snuff Box, of cartouche form, the mounts with chased foliate scroll ornament and reeded rims, 2.25ins x 1.75ins x .75ins Note: Metal unmarked but tests as 14ct gold Please see images within attached Dropbox linkhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/5kmul2p9wlbulzis5yczk/h?rlkey=z31zmhh2efosysubqoysh5hh8&dl=0
An Early 20th Century Continental Silver and Enamel Rectangular Snuff Box, by LW, stamped STERLING 935, and No. 256, the lid decorated in gilt with three birds and a black ground and within bands of yellow, blue and green translucent borders, and with rope pattern rim, the sides cast with trailing roses, 3ins x 2.125ins x .375ins, gross weight 3.1ozsThe box presents in condition commensurate with age and moderate to heavy usage. There are numerous light marks to the face of the box and some nibbling to the enamel along the edge of one of the coloured panels to the lid. The box shows minor rub marks and dents to the bottom of one corner and likewise to the diagonally opposite corner with more significant damage to the bottom left hand corner looking at the box from the front, where the beading is damaged, the box is dented and the enamel is chipped. The rear enamel has a multitude of rubs and chips and scratches commensurate with usage. The interior presents in good condition and the lid closes correctly. There is no wear in the hinge.
An Edward VII Silver Oval Sauce Boat and Mixed Silver, the sauce boat by Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd, Chester 1908, with gadroon mounts, double C scroll handle, on shell feet, 3.5ins high, a pair of silver circular tazza, Chester 1920, with shaped rims, pireced borders, on circular footrims, 3.75ins diameter x 3ins high, a silver jug, dish, oval box, snuff box, pepper pot, match box holder, napkin ring, combined weighable silver 19ozs, and a small selection of plated items
Louis XVI style snuff box, Cornelis van Hoek, Amsterdam 1798, silver. Louis XVI style suitcase-shaped snuff box model with scenes in cartouche on the hinged lid and on the bottom. The sides are decorated with garlands, medallions and an urn. Netherlands, Amsterdam, Cornelis van Hoek, 1798, hallmarks: city hallmark with year letter P, maker's mark, ax - light signs of use. 55 grams, 934/1000. Dimensions L 3.7 cm, W 6 cm, H 3.3 cm.
Snuff box, Gebruder Glaser, Hanau ca. 1890, silver. Beautifully lobed model with embossed motifs. The inside is gold plated. Germany, Hanau, Gebruder Glaser (Glaser Brothers), importer: John George Piddington, London 1904, ca. 1890, hallmarks: Hanau hallmarks, English import hallmarks from 1904 - light signs of wear. 109 grams, 925/1000. Dimensions L 6.7 cm, W 9 cm, H 3.6 cm.
George III Large Superb Quality Sterling Silver Double Bowed Shaped Hinged Snuff Box, of excellent form, with gilt interior, maker James Willmore, full hallmark for Birmingham 1818; inscription to base reads "Rev. John Trefus, St. Columb Major, Cornwall"; silver weight 104.5g, size 3⅛ inches wide x 2 inches deep x 1⅛ inch high
A Hallmarked Silver Snuff Box, possibly Alford Thickbroom, Birmingham 1866, allover leaf scroll engraved, the hinged lid engraved "M.H.R.O.T.D. W. Diggle" (Many Happy Returns of The Day) (inside noticeable old damage / repair), 8.4cm wide; A Hallmarked Silver Cigarette Case, allover engine turned decoration, initialled. (2)
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