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A George III silver snuff box, with engraved decoration, Birmingham 1805, maker's mark WP, 6cm wide, and an unusual 19thC horn pill or snuff box, carved in the form of a bird, 5.5cm long. (2)

Three small boxes, to include a brass and copper snuff box with silver plated mounts, initialled S, a shoe shaped box, and a silver plated box with wrythen decoration.

Five snuff boxes, to include a 19thC rosewood and silver plated example, inlaid with an Irish shamrock, a papier mache snuff box, with tortoiseshell lid, another papier mache one, the lid printed with an interior scene etc.

A collection of shooting and other related items, to include a trophy Presented to F. Hodges, The W. Emmott Trophy, for the L.B and B. Horticultural Society, a Colmans Mustard for the Bath tin, a pewter box and cover, and a snuff box made of Cornish pewter by James Dixon of Sheffield, cast with a hunting scene.

A 20thC Continental silver snuff box, the lid cast with a hand, stamped to underside 925, 6.5cm wide

A collection of snuff related items etc., to include two Oriental snuff boxes, a Bakelite snuff box, a bone part manicure set in leather pouch etc.

Three blond or pale wood boxes, to include a Mauchline example, printed with a scene of Grantham Church, a burr wood cigarette box, and a burr wood snuff box, with concealed opening.

White metal snuff box with ceramic portrait miniature CONDITION REPORT: At lotting not painted, picture is printed on ceramic not ivory

German snuff box

A papier-mâché shoe form vesta case or snuff box, with tapered square toe, inlaid with zig-zag wire, metal studded heel and lace, sand grit sole, with oval plaque to side hinged lid, 3¼ (8cm.) long.

A Victorian novelty silver snail shell form snuff box, Chester 1885, with embossed leaves, twin hinged shell opening in half along longest edge, makers mark 'J.F' in rounded rectangle, 2¾in. (7cm.) long, 0.98 tr.oz.

A William IV silver snuff box, C. Rawling & W. Summer, London 1835, deep waisted form with machine turned decoration, lid with applied raised foliate thumbpiece and empty shield cartouche, gilt interior, W 3½ x D 1½ x H 1¼in. (8.9 x 3.8 x 3.2cm.), 3.6tr.oz.

A George IV silver snuff box, Thomas Spicer, Birmingham 1824, reeded decoration with applied raised foliate thumbpiece, stag's head crest, gilt interior, 3¼in. (8cm.) long, 2.5 tr.oz.

A papier-mâché shoe form snuff box, with tapered square toe, lid with side hinge, inlaid with zig-zag wire, with metal studded heel and metal buttoned lace, 3¼ in. (8.2cm.) long.

An ivory snuff box, Victorian, of navette form with three quarter length silver hinged lid, 3.½in. (8.8cm.).

A horn snuff box, late 19th century, of rectangular form, the hinged lid inlaid with tortoise-shell and bearing silver oval reserve and inlay, over hanging thumbpiece, lower section of waisted form.

A lacquered floral painted shoe form snuff box, polychrome design, with tapered square toe and side hinged lid, 3 ¼ in. (8.2cm.) long.

A Georgian silver snuff box with Birmingham hallmark

A moulded horn snuff box, the lid with a scene of the Judgement of Solomon. 9.5x5.5x2cm.

Four snuff boxes, comprising one in moulded horn with bone insets, an oval papier mache example with ribbed sides and m.o.p. button on the lid, another papier mache example with white metal inset, and a modern teak box with white metal inset.(4)

A silver cigarette holder case with amber cigarette holder, the latter with 15 carat gold mount, Birmingham, 1903; a Dutch silver shovel bowl caddy spoon, 1840; a tortoiseshell snuff box, circa 1800, with gilt-metal mounts, silver trophies inlaid to cover (box a/f); a small silver identity bracelet inscribed "Scott"; ac Continental silver pill box with English import marks; a gilt-metal lorgnette (glass a/f); a tortoiseshell counter impressed with portrait of King Charles III of Spain and a group of plated items including mesh coin purse, vesta case, paste-set brooch, a brass-cased compass (glass a/f), a Wills Embassy's cigar cutter etc.

AN EDWARDIAN SILVERGILT REPLICA OF A GEORGE III "THUMBHOLE" SNUFF BOX with twin hinged compartments and bright-engraved borderwork & a concealed "butterfly" hinge, by George Fox, London 1908; 4.25" (10.5 cms) long; 4 oz

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX of shaped oblong outline, the cover decorated with light blue, deep blue & white enamelled borderwork, maker's mark unclear, post 1838; 3.1" (8 cms) long; 2.2 oz

A GEORGE II CARTOUCHE-SHAPED SNUFF BOX the cover inset with a domed panel of mottled, brown agate bordered by chased floral scrolls, gilt interior, unmarked, c.1745; 3.2" (8 cms) long

A RARE GEORGE IV BRITANNIA STANDARD SNUFF BOX rectangular with engine-turning, concaved sides & raised floral borders, the cover initialled "WC to BI", the gilt interior inscribed "The Produce of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine 1823", by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1822; 2.9" (7.4 cms) long; 3 oz *See Luddington, J: Starting to collect silver pp.147 & 148 where John comments on the rare Birmingham Britannia standard mark & Hudgill Burn mine "In The Connoisseur of August 1975, I described my discovery of what might be the rarest of all the nineteenth century hallmarks. On a vinaigrette made by Thomas Shaw, there was an oval shield enclosing the figure of Britannia, denoting the higher standard of silver. (The Assay Master at Birmingham was unaware that such a mark had been struck in Georgian times but, during an unsuccessful search through the archives and vaults of the Assay Office for this very punch, another similar Britannia mark which had been used in the years 1844-6 was discovered)" Proudly engraved within the lid of this vinaigrette and carefully unimpinged upon by the hallmarks, there were the words "The Produce of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine" and with this as my clue I decided, if possible, to discover the history of my box, hoping that there was a romantic story attached to it. In the south of England, no one had heard of Hudgill Burn for it is a very tiny stream, even in the spates of spring, but after a comprehensive search in a nineteenth century edition of 'Bartholomew's citizens' Atlas' of those districts in which lead had been mined in the past, I spotted the name of a hamlet called Leadgate, situated a few miles south west of Alston in Cumbria. The location and history of the mine were well known to the Abbot Hall Museum, Kendal, for the opening and closing of the Hudgill Burn mine had made significant social import over the surrounding countryside.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX plain circular, the cover inset with the miniature portrait of a young lady in a light red dress with blue trimming and flowers in her hair, (behind glass), unmarked 1790-1800; 2.5" (6.5 cms) diameter

A MIXED LOT:- A George III small sauce boat on three legs, London 1770, a George III engraved oval milk jug, London 1796, an Edwardian sauce boat, London 1909 and a 19th century French niellowork snuff box; the latter 3.3" (8.5 cms) long; 19.5 oz (4)

A GEORGE III / IV SILVERGILT MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF BOX with rounded ends and reeded borders, by John Reily, London 1820; 3.3" (8.5 cms) long

A QUEEN ANNE/GEORGE I MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX oval, with a stand-away hinge and a slightly domed cover, unmarked, 1710-1720; 2.75" (7 cms) long

A QUEEN ANNE / GEORGE I MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL OVAL SNUFF BOX with a stand-away hinge, the cover engraved with an allegorical scene; a charioteer holding aloft a large ring & a spear in his left hand, the chariot being drawn by a putto carrying a winged goblet and a rod, unmarked 1705-1720; 2.85" (7.3 cms) long

AN EARLY VICTORIAN PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX with an engine-turned base convex sides & a convex border around the cover, profusely chased with flowers, leaves & scrolls and inscribed "Presented to Arthur Stanley Bride of Broomfield Esq. by his friends & neighbours in testimony of their approbation of his skill, zeal and public spirit in superintending the construction of the wooden bridge over Ashford river in the months of November & December 1839", gilt interior, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1837; 3.8" (9.7 cms) long; 6.7 oz

A LATE 18TH CENTURY GILT-METAL MOUNTED OVAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX the cover inlaid with a floral spray within a pique-work border, unmarked c.1770; 3.1" (8 cms) long

THE INLAID & PIQUE-WORK TORTOISESHELL COVER OF AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX with a boar hunting scene, now fixed to a later wooden box; the cover 3" (7.6 cms) long

A GEORGE III NAVETTE-SHAPED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX with an inset oval plaque, inscribed "Judith Doran, Drogheda", unmarked, probably Irish c.1790; 3.5" (9 cms) long

A CHARLES II SMALL OVAL SNUFF OR SPICE BOX with a stand-away hinge and reed borders, the cover scratch-engraved with a Tudor rose within a border of debased foliage, maker's mark only "IM" or "TM" (struck once), unascribed 1670-80; 2" (5 cms) long; 0.9 oz

A GEORGE III NEO-CLASSICAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL OVAL SNUFF BOX the sides with chased vertical reeding and pricked borders, the cover with pique-work decoration centred by a covered urn motif, unmarked c.1785; 2.8" (7.2 cms) long

ENGLISH SCHOOL EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a child wearing blue dress and standing with toy horse and a cat, on ivory or card; 6.75 x 5 cms and a portrait of a young gentleman, half length, pencil & wash, on card; 8.75 x 6.75 cms, each in brass frame. Together with two brass figures and a japanned snuff box set with a medallion (5)

A GEORGE I SNUFF BOX shaped like a book, with engraving to simulate tooled leather detail, concealed flush hinge & a gilt interior, by Thomas Head, London 1715-290 (only partially marked); 2.6" (6.6 cms) long; 1.7 oz

A MIXED LOT:- A late Victorian folding fruit knife & matching fork, with mother of pearl sides, initialled "MNJ", by Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1892 (fitted case), six various napkin rings (one initialled, the rest numbered), a Victorian engraved snuff box, gilt interior, initialled, by Neustadt & Barnett, Birmingham 1840 and a pill box, initialled; the snuff box 2.9" (7.4 cms) long; 10.3 oz weighable silver (9)

A GEORGE III ENGRAVED SILVERGILT SNUFF BOX of canted oblong form, the cover with a central cartouche engraved with a motto, crest & initials, gilt interior, by Peter & Ann Bateman, London 1793; 2.9" (7.4 cms) long; 2.5 oz

AN EARLY GEORGE II MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX oval with a stand-away hinge, the cover with three colour metal inlay & pique work depicting a female Commedia dell'Arte figure within a border of quatrefoils, unmarked c.1730; 3.3" (8.5 cms) long

A GEORGE III MOUNTED LEATHER SNUFF BOX navette-shaped with an applied vacant shield cartouche & thumbpiece, unmarked c.1790; 3.5" (9 cms) long *See Corbellier, Clare Le: European & American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, pp92 under "The Elusive & Rare" for details of leather snuff boxes which are often mistaken for papier-mache. See also Delieb, E: Silver Boxes, pp89.

A GEORGE III MOTHER OF PEARL-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX of cartouche form, the cover engraved with the script initials "EE", unmarked, 1760-70; 2.75" (7 cms) long

A WILLIAM III / QUEEN ANNE SNUFF BOX in the form of a stylised scallop shell, the cover with embossed fluting flanked by engraved masks & hatching, gilt interior, maker's mark only, "W.I" (within a heart-shaped punch), probably by Micah Wilkins, London c.1700; 2.75" (7 cms) long; 1.15 oz

A GEORGE IV SNUFF BOX by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1820, another by John Bettridge, Birmingham 1826, a later case to take a pair of spectacles and a navette-shaped dressing table box; the latter 3" (7.6 cms) long; 8 oz (4)

A GEORGE III RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX with reeded decoration, a shaped thumbpiece & gilt interior, the cover with a small linear inscription "In testimony of Esteem IC to RA 3rd. Sept 1813" by John Shaw, Birmingham 1812; 3" (7.6 cms) long; 2.8 oz

A VICTORIAN NOVELTY PLATED SNUFF BOX Modelled as a fox mask with coloured glass eyes and an engine-turned cover, maker's mark "W.H", 1860-70; 3" (7.6 cms) long

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY LACQUERED WOODEN SNUFF BOX of circular form, the cover inset with a gilt-metal medallion depicting a portrait of the "ART DUX DE WELLINGTON" behind glass; 3.5" (9 cms) diameter

A MID 18TH CENTURY SILVERGILT-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX of shaped oval outline with reeded borders and a chased foliate thumbpiece, unmarked 1745-60; 2.45" (6 cms) long

A GEORGE II MOTHER OF PEARL-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX cartouche shaped, the cover casrved in low relief with the Godess Diana bathing after the hunt, with attendant putty, unmarked 1745-50; 3" (7.5 cms) long *This scene may have been influenced a painting by Francois Boucher executed in 1742

AN EARLY GEORGE II MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX with a lappet border, the cover engraved with shells, acanthus leaf & pelleted detail, concealing the hinge, crested, maker's mark only "MW" (between a pellet & a mullet), unascribed, probably London made c.1735; 3.25" (8.2 cms) long *For a very similar example (unmarked), See Delieb, E: Silver Boxes pp77.

THEATRICAL INTEREST: An early Victorian snuff box with raised floral borders, chased sides & an engine-turned base, the cover inscribed "To John Willmott Esq. a testament to his fidelity and zeal from William Charles Macready*, Drury Lane theatre Dec. 25th 1842", gilt interior, by Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham 1840; 3" (7.5 cms) long; 3.6 oz *William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was a great actor, in the line of first players, which begins with Burbage and continues with Betterton, Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean, Macready, and Irving. When he retired in 1851 Tennyson, then Poet Laureate, in a sonnet that called him "moral, grave, sublime", wrote the famous phrase: "Thin is it that our drama did not die, nor flicker down to brainless pantomime" ** Sold with a copy of J.C. Trewins: MR MACREADY - 19th CENTURY TRAGEDIAN, 1955 (with dust wrapper)

AN EARLY PERIOD OLD SHEFFIELD PLATED CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX & COVER embossed & chased with a group of peasant workers bordered by scrolls, the base with a stamped decorative motif, unmarked 1760-70 and another similar Old Sheffield plated snuff box, the cover inset with aventurine glass, unmarked, same date; the latter 2" (5 cms) diameter (2)

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NIELLOWORK SNUFF BOX of rounded oblong form, gilt interior, no apparent maker's mark 1840-1860; 2.8" (7.2 cms) long; 2.25 oz

A WILLIAM & MARY ENGRAVED SNUFF OR SPICE BOX of canted rectangular outline, with squeeze action, the domed cover inset with a faceted agate panel within a lappet border, the sides, cover & hinge with debased laurel borders, the base with a similar border, centred by scrolling acanthus foliage & two-horn-blowing putti, maker's mark only "T.T" (crowned), struck once, London c.1690; 2.75" (7 cms) long; 1.9 oz gross

A MID 19TH CENTURY DUTCH OBLONG SNUFF BOX with reeded sides & base, the cover engraved with a pastoral scene within a decorative border, gilt interior, initialled, maker's mark "AD", Schoonhoven 1856; 3" (7.6 cms) long; 1.5 oz

A GEORGE I RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX engraved on the cover with a baroque panel bordered by hatching, struck once with the remnants of one mark and twice with the maker's mark of Edward Horne, London c.1720

A GEORGE II OVAL SNUFF BOX with a stand-away hinge, the cover engraved with a theatrical scene, probably from an Italian comedy, within decorative border work, maker's mark only, struck once, by John Sanders, London c.1725; 2.8" (7.2 cms) long; 1.4 oz

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SNUFF BOX with chased convex sides & an engine-turned base, the cover engraved with a gentleman in 18th century costume with his dog & gun in a wooded glade, gilt interior, by John Tongue, Birmingham 1837; 3.1" (8 cms) long; 2.6 oz

A MID 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL ENGRAVED SNUFF BOX of shaped rectangular outline with a domed cover & base & waisted sides, gilt interior, unmarked 1740-60; 3.25" 98.2 cms) long; 2.85 oz