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An 18th century gilt-metal snuff box, circa 1760, rectangular form, the hinged cover with pierced figural decoration and set with a simulated lapis lazuli panel, with scroll motifs, the sides and base with foliate decoration, length 6cm.

A Battersea enamel rectangular snuff box, c.1750-55, printed in sepia to the exterior with a scene of soldiers attacking the Trojan horse, the lid's interior with a portrait of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, the sides and base with panels of a diaper ground containing shell and floral motifs, 8.5cm. Cf. Bernard Watney, 'The Chancellor on a Battersea Enamel', ECC Transactions Vol 7, pt 1, for a discussion of the same portrait on a plaque in the Watney Collection. It seems likely, given the date, that the portrait is of Henry Pelham, since it is remarkably like a print by John Hinton of 1754. However, other examples have been identified as Sir Robert Walpole, and it has more recently been pointed out that the sitter's features are similar to a portrait of Henry Boyle.

A rare Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box of Jacobite interest, c.1760, the cover painted with an oval portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart), reserved on ground of flags and other military motifs, the sides with Classical ruins and Italianate landscapes, 9cm across. The portrait on this box is after one by Sir Robert Strange. This box is particularly unusual in its brazen display of the Prince's likeness, since such portraits were designed to be small enough to conceal in order to protect the owner.

A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box, c.1760-65, painted to the interior lid with a portrait of the actress, Mrs Mary Brooks (nθe L'Hereux), the exterior with four figures seated around a table and playing cards, within a raised gilt scroll cartouche on a dark blue ground, the sides with panels of landscapes on a similar ground, gilt metal mounts, 8.2cm across. The source for the portrait of Mrs Brooks is a mezzotint by Richard Houston, after Thomas Worlidge. Mary L'Hereux married the Irish engraver, John Brooks, in 1756, but he was made bankrupt three years later. Mrs Brooks turned to acting in order to support herself and her three children. Cf. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol 8, Pt. 2, 'The London Enamellers' for more details.

A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box, c.1765-70, of shaped rectangular form, the cover painted with three figures reclining in a garden setting, one lady with a tame bird perched on her right hand, a picnic basket tucked in one corner, reserved in a raised gilt scrolling cartouche on a white ground, the sides with further panels of courting couples and other figures, the base decorated after Robert Hancock with two chaffinches pecking over an upturned basket of fruit, with chased gilt metal mounts, 9cm across.

A good Battersea enamel snuff box, c.1755, printed in sepia with 'Partie de Chasse', engraved by Simon Franηois Ravenet, a lady huntress seated beneath a tree while her companion stands by holding the leads of two dogs, the sides with rococo-scrolled panels of hatched diaper ground, with gilt metal mounts, 7.3cm. Exhibited English Ceramic Circle, 1977, No. 251.

A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box, c.1760-65, the cover painted with a Fκte Champκtre scene in the manner of Watteau, with five figures around a table in a garden setting, and a small dog seated upon a stool, the sides and base with sprays of honeysuckle, rose and other flowers on a white ground, the interior cover painted with Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Cetus, with gilt metal mounts, 8.5cm across. This particular version of Perseus and Andromeda is taken from a print after the painting by Franηois Lemoyne painted in 1723, currently in the Wallace Collection, London, accession number P417.

A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box, c.1765-70, of shaped rectangular form, the cover painted with a lascivious drunk attempting to pour wine into the glass of his bare-breasted companion, reserved within a raised gilt and white enamel scrolled cartouche, the sides with panels of courting couples and figures fishing, the base after a Robert Hancock print, with two finches alighting on fruit which spills from an upturned basket, with chased gilt metal mounts, 9cm across.

A Birmingham or South Staffordshire rectangular snuff box, c.1765-70, decorated with Masonic emblems including set square, compasses and other work tools, around the entrance to a temple, the sides and base with further vignettes of emblems, all within raised gilt cartouches on a white ground, 8cm across.

A rare London enamel circular snuff box, c.1740-45, the cover painted with the coat of arms for the Hippesley family, within elaborate scrollwork before puce fringed curtains, the sides painted in the Meissen manner with purple monochrome landscape panels within strapwork designs, the underside with a vignette of garden implements, the interior lid with a figure driving a cow beside a farmstead, the box's interior with gilt flower sprays, with gilt metal mounts, 6.7cm across. The crest and the first quarter of the shield are those of Toby Ipsley of Hambleton in Rutland, granted in 1681.

A 19th century Continental silver and niello work snuff box, rectangular form, with foliate scroll decoration, plain thumb-piece, gilded interior, length 7.7cm, approx. weight 2.5oz.

An English enamel snuff box, c.1770-80, the oval form painted to the cover with two figures fishing on the bank of a river beneath a tall urn ornament on a plinth, with Classical columns visible beyond, within a blue border with white enamel rococo scrolls, the sides painted with polychrome flower sprays, length 6.5cm.

A German enamel bombι shaped snuff box, 2nd half 18th century, the exterior sides and lid painted in the Meissen manner with puce monochrome panels of figures in harbour settings, loading and unloading ships, and trading around large barrels, reserved on a ground of polychrome floral garlands against gilt and white, the interior lid with further figures around a statue of Neptune on a square plinth, 7.5cm across.

A Continental enamel double snuff box, mid 18th century, the rectangular form with a silver-mounted hinged cover to each side, decorated perhaps in the Fromery workshop, each cover with a fox, dog and birds amidst continuous foliate scrolls and flowering branches, richly decorated with jewelled green and pink enamels, and raised gilding on a white ground, the silver mounts with Paris discharge marks, 7.7cm across.

A Continental enamel double snuff box, mid 18th century, the rectangular form with silver-mounted hinged lids revealing adjacent compartments, possibly decorated in the Fromery workshop, with rich elaborate raised gilding and jewelled green enamel in formal scrolling designs, with Paris discharge marks for 1758, 8cm.

A Continental enamel snuff box, 19th century, the shaped form with flared sides, richly decorated in the 18th century manner, with an oval panel of a seated lady, en grisaille within a puce landscape, reserved in a raised gilt scroll border echoed to the sides, with gilt metal amounts, 8.2cm across.

A Doccia porcelain rectangular snuff box, probably 19th century, the cover with raised decoration of Cupid embracing Psyche, whose left hand reaches out to a pair of doves beside her, the sides and base with wave and shell moulding, decorated in a pale lilac with narrow gilt bands, with gilt metal mounts, 8.2cm across.

A Continental porcelain rectangular snuff box, late 19th century, decorated in the Meissen manner, the cover with a quatrefoil cartouche of figures fishing in a harbour setting, reserved on a ground of gilt foliate scrolls, the sides with chamfered rectangular landscape panels, a landscape scene echoed to the interior, overglaze blue pseudo Sθvres mark to the base, 8.3cm.

A 19th century Russian silver snuff box, assay master Viktor Savinkov, Moscow 1862, rectangular form, niello chequer board decoration, the hinged cover with a vacant cartouche, gilded interior, length 8cm, approx. weight 2.7oz.

A rare pearlware bonbonniθre or snuff box, c.1800, modelled as the head of a pug dog, decorated in Portobello type colours with a pink muzzle, his fur striated in cream and black, the interior inscribed 'Rose', with a pewter hinged lid and mount, 7cm.

A 19th century French gold snuff box, circa 1840, rectangular form, chased foliate scroll decoration on an engine-turned ground, scroll thumb-piece, in a fitted case, length 7.8cm, approx. weight 66.2g.

A 19th century Austrian jewel-set, agate and enamelled-gold mounted snuff box unmarked apart from later French import marks, oval, the cover and base carved from striated agate with bands of brown separated by distinct white lines around a crystalline centre, the gold hinge mount with black and white floral enamel border, with applied diamond-set and coloured stone thumb-piece, length 9.5cm.

A 19th century gold-mounted amethyst snuff box, unmarked, oval form, hinged cover, the mount with a simple wavy-edge border, gold lined interior, length 8.7cm.

A Victorian provincial gold and hard stone snuff box, by Walter and George Myers, Chester 1881, rectangular form, reeded sides, foliate thumb-piece, length 4.8cm.

An 18th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box, unmarked, possibly English or North German, oval form, the reeded mount with a wavy-edge border and plain thumb-piece, bombè sides, the interior with an old collection label '12', length 6.2cm. Provenance: a Ducal collection of Hardstone and Gold Boxes Collected by the 7th and 8th Dukes of Wellington, Bonhams, New Bond Street, 19 June 2013, lot 3.

λAn early 19th century gilt metal and gold inlaid blonde tortoiseshell snuff box, unmarked, circa 1820, oval form, with inlaid stud-work borders, length 7.2cm.

λA 19th century ivory snuff box, circular form, the pull-off cover with carved basket-weave squares with alternate panels with stud decoration, the centre with a circular initialled cartouche, tortoiseshell lining and stringing, diameter 6cm.

A George III gilt-metal mounted shell snuff box, unmarked circa 1760, the mounts with chased foliate scroll decoration, plain thumb-piece, length 7.8cm.

λA 19th century silver-mounted mammoth tooth snuff box, unmarked, the mounts with foliate decoration, the cover sides and base set with mammoth tooth panels, length 7.3cm.

λA small collection of four 19th century snuff boxes, comprising: a tortoiseshell one, of rectangular form, gold mounts, modelled as a suitcase, the cover and sides with inlaid carrying handles, length 9cm, plus a bone snuff box, the cover with a ship and whale, plus two horn snuff boxes, the covers with inlaid tortoiseshell. (4)

λA 19th century ivory snuff box, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a coaching scene, length 9.7cm.

A 19th century silver-mounted simulated 'gold stone' snuff box, rectangular form, reeded mounts, plain thumb-piece, length 7.2cm.

A George IV silver raised relief Pedlar snuff box, by John Linnit, London 1820, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of a standing pedlar with a tray of his goods, silver-gilt interior, plain sides and base, length 9.8cm, approx. weight 5.4oz.

A mid 18th century gilt metal mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box / flask unmarked, circa 1740-1760, tapering form, the panels with engraved foliate decoration, the top with a screw-off cover, the base with a push button to open the snuff box, length 8.3cm.

An 18th century Japanese export sawasa snuff box, with incuse character mark to cover and base, oval form, the flush cover with typical bas relief decoration of a central prunus tree with a bird on a branch within a black lacquered roundel with a prunus tree to either side and black border, the sides with a flowering vine with birds, the base with central cloud tree with birds in a roundel, within a border of flowers, gilt interior, length 9cm. Sawasa is the general term used for the 17th and 18th century Asian metal work technique for objects made from copper alloy with gilt relief decoration with black lacquered highlights.

A mid-19th century Russian silver-mounted hard stone snuff box, assay master Alexander Mitin, St. Petersburg 1857, oval fluted form, the cover and base with radiating decoration, the mounts with chased strap-work on a matted background, silver-gilt lined interior, length 8cm.

A 19th century Indian silver snuff box, by Peter N. Orr, Madras circa 1860, rectangular form, the hinged cover with chased foliate decoration and birds, tapering sides with engraved decoration, the hinged cover with a crest and inscribed 'A remembrance of Richard Green', the interior gilded and with a later inscription 'A.S.Kettlemell, from H.G, 1876', length 9cm, approx. weight 7.5oz. The crest is that of Green of Norfolk and Essex.

A 19th century Chinese Export silver snuff box, maker's mark M.B, Canton circa 1840, rectangular form, the hinged cover and sides with figural scenes in landscape settings, the base with radiating decoration and with traces of initials, gilded interior, length 6.3cm, approx. weight 2.8oz.

A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box, by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1844, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised relief of a man shooting game with two gun dogs, reeded sides and engine-turned base, with a vacant cartouche, length 6.8cm, approx. weight 2.5oz.

A George III silver snuff box, by John Shaw, Birmingham 1817, curved and rounded rectangular form, engraved lattice decoration, the hinged cover initialled, gilded interior, the end with a hinged compartment, which opens to reveal a rectangular frame, length 6.3cm, approx. weight 2oz.

A Victorian silver-gilt 'castle-top' snuff box, Windsor Castle, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1841, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of the Castle, engine-turned sides and base, foliate scroll borders, length 8.3cm, approx. weight 4.4oz.

A George IV silver raised relief snuff box, by Joseph Willmore, no apparent date letter, Birmingham circa 1825, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised classical battle scene, possibly Alexander The Great on horseback at the Battle of Issus, reeded sides and engine-turned base with a vacant cartouche, length 7.7cm, approx. weight 4oz.

A George III silver snuff box, by John Death, London 1806, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a hunting scene with horses and hounds in a landscape setting, gilded interior, length 6.6cm, approx. weight 2oz.

λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl snuff box, unmarked circa 1740, oval form, the mother-of-pearl cover with a scene of a Fisherman, with a town behind, tortoiseshell base, length 8.2cm,

λA George III gold and tortoiseshell portrait snuff box, the miniature by Richard Cosway, R.A (1742-1821), oval form, gold mounts and hinge, the mount with a wavy-edge border, scroll thumb-piece, the hinged cover inlaid with a spray of vari-coloured flowers, the inside of the hinged cover set with a portrait miniature of Lady Margaret Heathcote, wearing pearls in a pink silk dress trimmed in black lace, holding her dog enamelled to border 'married 22 June 1749, died 19 Aug 1769', length 8.5cm.

A George III provincial silver snuff box, by Langlands and Robertson, Newcastle circa 1790, oval navette form, the flush hinged cover with a bright-cut border and with a crest, the interior with traces of gilding, length 8.6cm, approx. weight 2.5oz. The crest is that of Bokenham, Brockett, Creekman, Ward and other families.

λA collection of snuff boxes, various materials, comprising: a horn box of oval form, the cover set with a coloured glass cabochon, a base metal one, the cover with a dog's head set with glass eyes, a pewter one, ivory examples, wooden boxes, a horn one, one inlaid Killarney Lakes, and other examples. (qty)

λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, unmarked circa 1740, oval form, silver sides, the hinged tortoiseshell cover inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl foliate decoration, tortoiseshell base, length 7.5cm,

A William and Mary silver squeeze-action spice / snuff box, maker's mark PR crowned, London circa 1690, oval form, the hinged cover and base with engraved foliate scroll decoration, engraved chevron sides, length 5cm, approx. weight 0.8oz.

A William and Mary silver double snuff box, maker's mark T.F with a bird above, possibly for Thomas Fowles, London circa 1690, oval form, with two flush hinged covers with engraved scroll and shell decoration, gilded interior, the sides with traces of gilding, length 7.5cm, approx. weight 2.6oz.,

An 18th century gold-mounted moss agate snuff box, unmarked, probably English, circa 1740, shaped oblong form, the hinged cover with an oval moss agate panel, chased border with birds, shells and foliate decoration, the sides with similar decoration, length 7.5cm.

An 18th century French three-colour gold oval snuff box, by Nicholas-Augustin Delions, Paris 1766, the cover with a central patera within an oval frame hung with ribbons and supported by laurels on a lattice ground, the sides with similar paterae panels within a twisted ribbon guilloche band, length 6cm, approx. weight 62g.

A George III silver snuff box, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1801, rectangular form, fluted decoration, plain thumb-piece, gilded interior, length 5.8cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.

A George III silver-gilt and micromosaic mounted snuff box, by Hockley and Bosworth, London 1815, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a Roman micromosaic depicting a cockerel and hen in a field, foliate scroll border, the sides and base with engine-turned decoration, plain thumb-piece, length 7.5cm.

A late 19th century Swiss gold snuff box, incuse stamped O.B, Geneva circa 1890, and with later French control marks, rectangular form, the cover engraved with flowers and foliate scroll decoration, on an engine-turned ground, the base with similar decoration, engine-turned sides, length 7.4cm, approx. weight 67.7g.

A fine and rare Meissen gold-mounted oval snuff box, c.1750, moulded with rococo scrolls and flower sprays enamelled in green with black highlights, framing scenes of courting couples and figures from the Commedia dell'Arte, the inside cover finely painted with Cupid in flight above a cloud separating Harlequin from two ladies, the gold mount chased with scrolling flowers, foliate fronds and shells, 8cm across. Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003; London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008; Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

A documentary Fόrstenberg portrait snuff box, c.1770, of bombι shape, the inside cover painted perhaps by Johann Andreas Oest with a half-portrait of Marie Sophie Wilhemine von Wόrttemberg-Oels, seated on a red velvet chair with a gilt crown mount, wearing a purple dress trimmed with lace, and the Order of Wόrttemberg-Oels, a small cat seated on her lap, the shaped sides and base with purpurmalerei decoration of landscape vignettes, the cover with the monogrammed initials MS within a crowned oval cartouche, gilt metal mounts, 8.2cm across. Paper label for the Joseph Collection. Marie-Sophie Wilhelmine von Wόrttemberg-Oels (1721-93), born Countess of Solms-Laubach, married in 1741 Karl Christian Erdmann, Duke of Wόrttemberg-Oels and Bernstadt (1716-92). Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003; London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008; Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

A Meissen rectangular snuff box, c.1760, the exterior with osier type moulding and painted with colourful sprays of deutscheBlumen, the interior lid well painted with a black spaniel seated on a gilt-tasselled red cushion and proffering its right forepaw, an ornate church visible in the background, gilt metal mounts, 8.2cm across. Paper label for the Hasse Collection.

A good silver-mounted Saint Cloud snuff box or bonbonniθre, c.1745, modelled in the blanc de Chine manner as the pagoda figure of Buddhai Ho Sheng, the rotund Chinese monk seated with belly exposed, his robes moulded with flower sprays, echoed to the hinged flat cover, the silver mount with Paris discharge marks for 1744-50, 6.5cm high.

A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box, c.1750, the mount with a later Dutch tax mark, modelled as a dog and her puppy recumbent on an oval grassy base, the pup nestling into its mother's side, their coats decorated with splashes in shades of brown, the flat base with an incised basket weave design, painted with European flowers in a traditional muted palette, impressed control marks to the later silver mounts, 6.7cm.