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Click here to subscribeA Victorian rounded rectangular papier-mâché snuff box, the hinged cover painted with a 17th century couple of title examining a pictures, 7.5cm wide, c.1860; a Russian rounded rectangular papier-mâché snuff box, the push-cover painted with a folk princess in traditional dress in a glade, flanked by trees, indistinct script, red interior, the sides with gilt meandering tendrils, 7.5cm wide, late 19th/early 20th century (2)
A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box, by Crichton, Cumnock, the cover decorated with a set of arms within a square reserve on a stylised thistle ground, the convex sides and base with similar decoration, length 8.5cm. The arms are of Broun Coulston with the motto of BOYD, Cumnock.
A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box, by Crawford, Cumnock, of curved rectangular form, the cover with central oblong panel with seaweed/ribbon motif within an Arabic script frame on a linear seaweed/ribbon ground, the sides and base with similar decoration, length 8.2cm.
λAn early 18th century silver and mother-of-pearl snuff box, maker's mark of E.K, circa 1720-40, oval form, the hinged cover with a carved mother-of-peal plaque of a lady dancing and a gentleman playing a musical instrument, plain sides, the underside of the base with a cipher, the interior with a painted ivory panel of a lady sitting in front of a dressing table mirror, length 7.8cm.
A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver and niello work snuff box, maker's mark C.R, rectangular form, the hinged cover with scene of a deer being chased by a huntsman and dog, within foliate scroll decoration, the sides and base with similar decoration, length 10cm, approx. weight 3oz. Provenance: From the collection of Mrs Igor Vinogradoff, and then by descent to the present owner.
A 19th century Russian silver and niello work snuff box, Moscow 1829, assay master Nikolay Dubrovin, rectangular form, the cover, base and sides with foliate scroll niello decoration, gilded interior, length 9cm, approx. weight 3.5oz. Provenance: From the collection of Mrs Igor Vinogradoff, and then by descent to the present owner. Purchased Christie's 2 Feb 1960, lot 149 (part).
A 19th century Russian silver and niello work snuff box, Moscow 1884, rectangular form, the cover with two horses and riders, the base with a port scenes, the sides with trellis decoration, length 8cm, approx. weight 2.4oz. Provenance: From the collection of Mrs Igor Vinogradoff, and then by descent to the present owner. Purchased Christie's 2 Feb 1960, lot 149(part).
A 19th century French silver and niello work snuff box, maker's mark of L.B in a lozenge, oval form, the cover, tapering sides and base with geometric decoration, gilded interior, length 7.8cm, approx. weight 2.3oz. Provenance: From the collection of Mrs Igor Vinogradoff, and then by descent to the present owner. Purchased Christie's 2 Feb 1960, lot 149 (part).
A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver-gilt snuff box, maker's mark SES, 1840, rectangular form, plain sides and engine-turned base, the hinged cover with a cast relief panel of a mounted horseman wielding a sword, with foliate scroll decoration, engine-turned border, length 8.2cm, approx. weight 3.5oz.
A late 18th century silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, unmarked, circa 1780-1790, oval form, the hinged cover with a crest and monogram within foliate mantling, length 8.8cm. The crest is that for Hanning, Harman, Hunt, Hutton and other families. Purchased in 1958 from Cameo Corner, for £5.
A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box, by J Cowan, Tarbolton, the cover decorated with a scene of a woman with tartan shawl cowering by a fluted pillar, entitled 'Woe Burn's Lord Gregory,' the plain base with convex sides, length 7.8cm. The scene is from Robert Burns' poem Lord Gregory (1793).
A 19th century Russian silver 'trompe L'oeuil' snuff box, by Karl Veyrlen, Moscow circa 1880, rectangular form, modelled as a suitcase, with belted straps and engine-turned decoration, the cover with an oval cartouche engraved with a pointer dog facing left, the base engraved with a crest, length 10cm, approx. weight 4.8oz.
A 19th century Mauchline Ware root and pen work table snuff box, apparently unmarked, the oval cover with a depiction of a Highland soldier at the mouth of a cave with the motto 'We are this day in Arms for a Broken Covenant, and a Persecuted Kirk', the sides with thistle decoration, length 9cm.
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