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Lot 216
λ A Swiss tortoiseshell musical singing bird box, retailed by 'FINNIGANS, NEW BOND ST. W.' the top with an engraved gilt brass oval hinged lid, revealing a pierced panel and a brightly coloured bird, activated by a lever on the front of the box, inscribed 'TO SARAH FROM Mary + Douglas', the back with a hinged compartment possibly for snuff, with a bird shape key, late 19th / early 20th century, 10cm wide.
Lot 278
An early 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box by Stobwasser, of circular form, the lid painted with a classical maiden with bared breasts, the interior with the title 'La favorite de Titian', numbered '6398' and signed 'Stobwassers Fabrik in Braunschweig', 9.9cm diameter. See Detlev Richter, Stobwasser Lackkunst aus Braunschweig & Berlin, p.232, fig.127 for an identical example.
Lot 279
An early 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box by Stobwasser, of circular form, the lid painted with a young Turkish lady baring her breasts, the interior with the title 'Zaide', numbered '5573' and signed 'Stobwassers Fabrik in Braunschweig', 9.9cm diameter. This snuff box relates to the unfinished opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Zaide was set in Turkey and portrays her efforts to save her beloved Gomatz. It was popular at the time for operas to depict the rescue of enslaved Westerners from Muslim courts, since Muslim pirates were preying on Mediterranean shipping, particularly to obtain slaves for various purposes.
Lot 284
A rare early 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box, of circular form, the lid painted with a portrait of the Duke of Wellington, his face formed with various naked men and women in erotic positions, 10.2cm diameter. For a similar snuff box depicting Napoleon see Detlev Richter, Stobwasser Lackkunst aus Braunschweig & Berlin, p.292, pl. 257.
Lot 285
A 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box by Stobwasser, of circular form, the lid well painted with 'The Feast of the Bean King' after Jacob Jordaens, the interior with the title 'Der Bohnenkönig nah Lucas Jordano', numbered '10001' and signed 'Stobwassers Fabrik ', 9.5cm diameter.
Lot 289
A rare mid 19th century lacquered papier-mâché Freemasons' snuff box, of circular form, the lid painted with an eye, ear and padlocked lips alluding to the motto of Freemasonry: Audi, Vide, Tace (Hear, See, Be Silent), 9.8cm diameter. The motto Audi, Vide and Tace relates to one of the symbols of Masonry that is most understood, secrecy. See W. Kirk MacNulty, Freemasonry, Symbols, Secrets, Significance, p. 257 for a similar silver mounted example that can be found at Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London.
Lot 294
An early 19th century lacquered papier-mâché snuff box by Samuel Raven (1775-1847), of circular form, the lid painted with a tavern scene after Sir David Wilkie's painting 'The Village Politicians', the interior signed 'S. Raven Pinxt, Patronised by H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex & Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg', 10cm diameter.
Lot 297
An early 19th century lacquered papier-mâché snuff box by Samuel Raven (1775-1847), of circular form, the lid painted with the portrait of a gentleman wearing the Order of the Garter, the interior signed 'S. Raven Pinxt, Patronised by H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex & Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg', 10cm diameter.
Lot 299
Five 19th century lacquered papier-mâché snuff box lids, one painted with a portrait of General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, two interior scenes, one of a stolen kiss, the other of lover's tryst by Samuel Raven (1775-1845), signed, and two landscape scenes, one with a dragon, the other with two figures, 9.8cm diameter (max). (5)
Lot 435
A mid-18th century Rococo boxwood snuff box, carved in relief, the hinged lid with musicians and a lady playing a piano, within scroll and rocaille borders, the front with a king seated flanked by lions with attendants, the back with men playing billiards, the ends with a couple hunting and sitting in a landscape, the interior with remains of foil, possibly French or German, 9.7cm wide.
Lot 56
A 17th century brass oval snuff box, one side engraved with fleur-de-lis and inscribed 'Daniel Gilbert 1692', the other side later engraved with a ribbon inscribed 'Licence from my Taster Without a not here to be a Master Atte mpt' the centre 'WM ORAM Charterhouse LONDON February 6th 1852', 9.5cm wide, an early 19th century brass oval combination lock snuff box and a brass hand paper clip. (3)
Lot 1379
Small works of art, mostly Victorian, including; a snuff box in the form of miniature bellows, a polished bronze paper clip in the form of a snipe head, an onyx ashtray mounted with a polished Bergmann style bronze figure of a Bedouin man (10cm diameter), two pen knives, a Baxter stevenograph of the Boat Race, a French coin adapted into a pen knife, a castle top bodkin case and a 19th century metal hand bell with lignum vitae handle, (qty).
Lot 112
A gold coloured rounded rectangular snuff box conversion, unmarked, second quarter 19th century, the cover with a later applied oval reserve engraved RA in a cast flower border, on a linear ground, in a cast flower border, the base similar, the interior with a later silver gilt vinaigrette, the grille with a musical trophy and flowers, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) long, 71g gross
Lot 156
A collection of silver boxes, comprising: a George III canted-rectangular vinaigrette by Robert Urquhart, London 1801, a Victorian rectangular vinaigrette by Sampson Mordan & Co., Birmingham 1883; a Victorian oblong double sovereign case by Wright & Davies, London 1889; a wrythen moulded sovereign case, marks worn, Birmingham 1896; an oblong pill box by Adie & Lovekin Ltd, Birmingham 1912, initialled; a vesta case by W. J. Myatt & Co., Birmingham 1915, monogrammed; a rectangular cigarette case by Thomas William Lack, London 1933, the cover engraved with a map of the United Kingdom with some major cities, presentation engraved inside, 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long; another cigarette case, engraved with facsimile signatures overall; and a 19th century French rectangular snuff box, 430g (13.85 oz) gross (9)
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