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Collection of snuff bottles and ceramics Chinese, 19th Centurycomprising: a pair of blue and white snuff bottles decorated on one side with flowers and foliage and script to the other side, unmarked, 6cm high, a small circular box and cover, with blue and white decoration of a dog of fo to the top and four character mark to the base, 7cm across, a reverse painted glass example, unmarked, 5.5cm high and one other taller blue and white example decorated with a soldier wearing armour, unmarked, 8cm high (5) None of the snuff bottles have stoppers. One of the pair of bottles has been restored. The tallest with very small fleabite to the footrim. Glass example is damaged. The box has a small chip and hairline crack.

George IV silver snuff box, Birmingham hallmark dated 1829, mm Nathaniel Mills, approx 53.4 gms. Engine-turned finish with a vacant cartouche. 

A collection of objects including a fan, tortoiseshell combs, spectacle case, snuff box, coral beads, 11 books by William Shakespeare, etc

Two silver fob chains, a cross shaped brooch hallmarked 1890, a papermache snuff box and other items Condition Report:No condition report available.

MIXED SMALL SILVER ITEMS, George V silver tea strainer and stand, Birmingham 1915, Art Nouveau silver faced photograph frame, silver and tortoise shell snuff box and a miniature silver faced photograph frameProvenance: private collection Denbighshire

A Limoges cobalt blue table snuff box and cover, the cover painted with 18th Century lovers, the body with gilt foliate decoration, gilt metal mounts, stamp to underside together with a part Staffordshire Chinoiserie tea set (a/f), four Coalport painted pin dishes with river scenes, windmills at dusk etc, boxed and a Ringtons Ltd teapot (1 box)

Two 19th century snuff boxes: the first of oblong form, inlaid with yellow metal star pique work in tortoiseshell, the hinged cover with a rectangular cartouche engraved with a monogram; together with a commemorative turned burr wood box, the screw-off cover inset with a gilt coin with a profile bust of Napoleon and inscribed "Napoleon Empereur". 53mm by 33mm and 54mm diameter. (2)

A Continental silver and enamel snuff box, 19th century, of rectangular form, the cover engraved and inlaid in blue and white enamel with a flower-filled urn amidst floral and geometric decoration, gilt interior, stamped marks of crown and "925". 7.75cm by 5cm, 2.3 troy ounces

A 19th century yellow metal-inlaid silver cigarette case, Thomas Marsh & Co., Birmingham 1882, the cover engraved with a huntsman and hounds jumping a gate above a vacant cartouche, the reverse with engraved decoration; together with a plain silver snuff box, George Unite, Birmingham 1884; and a modern Scottish silver pill box, Isle of Mull Silver Co., Edinburgh 1988, circular, the domed lift-off cover chased with a Celtic design. 85mm by 50mm, 50mm by 34mm and 30mm diameter. (3) Total 3.4 troy ounces

A French 19th century silver snuff box, of rectangular form, the cover engraved with a horse-racing scene of two horses and jockeys, the case further engraved with floral and geometric decoration, gilt interior, two swan poincon marks, handle of cover damaged. 8.25cm by 4.75cm, 2.7 troy ounces

A Georgian silver snuff box. 51 grammes. 7 cm x 3 cm.

A rectangular silver snuff box with gilt interior, engine turned decoration with rose gold band to the lid, and ornate cast thumb piece, Edinburgh 2002, with Golden Jubilee hallmark, by Peter John Doherty, the base marked 'JJG' (J J Gallagher Ltd), 6.4cm x 4.4cm x 1.4cm, 2.73ozt, 84.8g in presentation case. Gallagher Developments//JJ Gallagher Ltd commissioned silver items as presents for clients.  Doherty specialised in commissions and corporate gifts with a particular specialism in boxes, using traditional methods executed to the highest standards.  His clients included the Crown jewellers, The Royal family, Asprey and Garrard, Hamilton and Inches, government members and  he was also commissioned to make presentation boxes for the Ryder Cup and Royal Ascot. CONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILS IMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Pair of Polish silver sugar tongs, 2nd 875 standard; shaped hammered circular bowl, 800, (faults); pedestal dish, 206grs, and a plated rectangular floral snuff box, W.8cm, (faults). (4)

A collection of silver to include a cigarette case, snuff box, hinged bangle, a blue lace agate brooch and other items. Total weight of silver approximately 135.61 grams/4.36 OzT.

A silver snuff box. With a presentation engraving for the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalos.  Marked for Joseph Gloster, Birmingham 1901. Measures approximately 8cm x 5cm x 1.5cm depth. Approximate weight 96 grams/3.08OzT.

3 items to include  - Japanese carved wood figurine of a nude lady, 8cm Long.   - 2 painted glass musical balls in box  - A Erotic Japanese interior painted glass snuff bottle in box. 7.5cm long.

Cutlery, including Rodgers, Walker & Hall, B.S.L. Firth Stainless. Sony handycam and accessories. Timmins sugar cutters, snuff box.

Antique shoe snuff box measures approx 8.5cm long

Art deco silver & gold detail with black onyx lid snuff box measures approx 8cm by 5.5 cm silver import hallmarks weight 98g

Four assorted antique collectables including snuff box that needs attention

Iserlohner TabakdoseMessing und Kupfer, geprägter Reliefdekor. Auf dem scharnierten Deckel dargestellt und bez. die Eroberung von Martinique durch die Engländer. Auf der Unterseite die ligierten, königlichen Initialen "FR" mit Preußenadler und lat. Inschrift. Deckel sign. Johann Heinrich Hamer. H. 2,8 cm. 15,5 cm x 4,5 cm.Vgl. Dossmann, Abb. 79 (Ha V. 3), Abb. 90 (Ha VI. 7).A German signed brass and copper snuff box by Johann Heinrich Hamer. Lid signed.Deutsch. Iserlohn. Um 1760.

A Collection of Assorted George II and Later Silver, including a George II silver cream-jug, London, 1750; a cased pair of napkin-rings; a snuff-box and other items; Together With a pair of spelter busts and a commemorative watch (one tray)The oval jewellery box marked underneath. There is some wear to the marks. There is overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as an obvious softening to the engraving. The feet bruised, the lining inside in poor condition. The oblong container decorated with foliage is a scent-bottle. The other items in used condition.

An Old Sheffield Plate Novelty Snuff-Box, Apparently Unmarked, First Half 19th Century, in the form of a horse's head, with plain hinged cover, the interior gilt, 70mm long

Matthew Wells Taxidermy of a Red Squirrel, signed and dated 1898, various 19th century and later treen inc, Tunbridge and Mockline ware, a George III snuff box, bronze dominoe set, dressing table, boxes, brass candlesticks etc

A George II Silver Snuff-Box, Maker's Mark SC, Probably London, Circa 1740, cartouche shaped, the hinged cover set with a stone, damaged, within foliage, flowers and rocaille engraved border, engraved underneath with initials, 72mm wide, gross weight 2oz, 62gr

An 18th century Dutch copper and brass small snuff box. With engraved decoration, and rounded ends, length 11cm, together with a Victorian brass vesta case, the cover repousse decorated with anthromorphic figures (2).

SCOTTISH SILVER SNUFF BOX & VINAIGRETTE Silver mounted Mother of Pear snuff box with carved classical scene, hallmarked Perth, Scotland. Makers mark WR for William Ritchie 1796-1814. Also a vinaigrette with gilt interior, hallmarked Birmingham 1846, makers mark ES. Total weight 80.8 grams. Condition = Loss of silver on several corners.MOP - Slightly worn but scene is still evident.

An assortment of small boxes and other items. To include a 'peeping-tom' snuff dispenser, a wooden snuff box etc. (Victor Brox collection)

An old brass Welsh miner's-style oval snuff box, a 19th century copper oval snuff box marked "W 1887", a small copper money box and one other (4)

Indian white metal ornate snuff box, 6cm wide, 48g / SF

EARLY ANTIQUE BRASS SNUFF BOX, naively engraved brass snuff box, marked Garneti Straw, dated 1606, 10cm

ORIENTAL ENAMELLED SNUFF BOX, in the form of a passionate pair of chickens , 9cm

A Queen Anne pressed horn snuff box,unmarked, possibly by John Obrisset circa 1705-10,oval form, pull-off cover with two relief portraits of Queen Anne and Charles I, length 10.2cm.Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 26 January 2005, lot 343.

A William IV silver and agate snuff box,by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1835,rectangular form, a foliate scroll border with engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover set with a piece of agate, gilded interior, length 6.4cm, approx. total weight 1.9oz.

A William IV silver presentation snuff box, by Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1833,rectangular form, scroll border with engine-turned decoration to the sides and base, the hinged cover with a hunting scene, inscribed 'Presented to Mr W. Webb, by Thos & W.H. Postans. as a testimony of the respect & esteem in which they have held him during his connection with them for the last fifteen years. 24th May 1843' to the inside cover, length 8.9cm, approx. weight 7.7oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Christie's, South Kensington, 7 June 1988, lot 60.

A continental silver snuff box,marked with an A and an indistinct mark,oval form, engraved chased scroll foliate decoration with bouquets of flowers to the centre of the cover and base, to the underside of the pull-off cover is an engraved boar behind a leaf, length 7.3cm, approx. weight 3.7oz.Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver snuff box, maker's mark worn, circa 1800, oval form, the pull-off cover with initials, length 11.5cm, approx. weight 3.3oz.Provenance: A Private Collection.

A mid-18th century aventurine glass and ormolu snuff box with an enamel cover, (211018) possibly Battersea, circa 1755, rectangular form, foliate decorated gilt mounts, the hinged cover depicts Europa and the bull being crowned by nymphs and Cupid, the inside cover shows a courting couple, the base and sides are made up of panels of aventurine glass, length 7.8cm.Provenance: A Private Collection. Purchased from Bonhams, 19 October 2001, lot 2.Bonhams wrote of this lot 'Aventurine glass is rarely seen in conjunction with enamel. A box illustrated by Watney and Charleston, Petitions for Patents, ECC Trans, vol 6, pt 2, pl 113c, has a similar brown aventurine base with re-used Battersea prints on the lid. Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes (1978), p 66, illustrates a box with a similar base, the lid curiously combining marbled glass and painted enamel. The prints on the present lot are from a group almost certainly designed by James Gwin and engraved by Simon-Francois Ravenet for Janssen's enamel factory at York House, Battersea.'

An 18th century continental silver-gilt snuff box, unmarked, possibly German, circa 1760,circular form, engraved and chased scroll foliate decoration to the sides, embossed profile of Fredrick the Great to the hinged cover, inscribed 'One of Six Boxes made by the Father of Fredrick the Great, King of Prussia and presented by him to a Nobleman of Westphalia' to the underside of the base, diameter 8.5cm, approx. weight 4oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 9 February 1989, lot 95.

An 18th century silver-mounted shell and mother-of-pearl double snuff box,unmarked,oval form, reeded decoration to the mounts, the centre of the hinged cover with a shell-mounted hinged compartment, length 7.3cm.

A Victorian silver snuff box, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1841, rectangular form, chased scroll foliate borders, engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover engraved with initials 'RW', with a gilded interior, length 7.8cm, approx. weight 3.6oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

An early-18th century gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box,unmarked, circa 1720,rectangular form with canted corners, the hinged cover carved with classical motifs and scrolls and a central coat of arms, length 8.5cm.Provenance:A Private Collection. The arms are those of the Earls of Chesterfield.

A George IV silver and agate snuff box, by John Linnit, London 1827,rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, silver-gilt foliate thumb piece, the hinged cover mounted with a rounded rectangular piece of agate with an engraved and coloured crest to the centre, with a gilded interior, length 8.4cm, approx. weight 3.8oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1991, lot 88.

A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box, by Thomas Smily, London 1874,rectangular form, acorn and leaf border with engine-turned decoration, oblong vacant cartouche to the hinged cover, gilded interior, length 9.4cm, approx. weight 7.4oz.Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box,by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1802,rectangular form, the silver mounts with reeded sides and foliate border, the hinged cover engraved with Mazeppa tied to the back of a horse as it runs through a rural scene, the base is engraved with roses, thistle and shamrocks, length 7.1cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.Provenance:A Private Collection.

An 18th century French gold-mounted agate double snuff box, marker's mark worn, Paris, rectangular form with canted corners, two hinged covers, with engraved geometric decoration to the gold mounts, length 6.6cm.Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Phillips, Sevenoaks in 1996.

A 19th century French silver-gilt snuff box, circa 1850, circular form, foliate borders with engine-turned decoration, the pull-off cover has central decoration of a lyre, music sheets and other musical instruments, gilded interior, diameter 7.1cm, approx. weight 3.3oz. Provenance: A Private Collection.

A William IV silver snuff box, by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1834, rectangular form, scroll foliate borders, the hinged cover with a raised scene of Mazeppa tied down to the back of a horse riding through a forest scene, reeded sides and engine-turned base with a vacant cartouche, with a fitted box, length 8.3cm approx. weight 6oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

An 18th century silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box,unmarked, oval form, the hinged cover engraved with a rural scene with a seated female figure and Cupid flying in the background, the base is engraved with a later crest, length 7.9cm, approx. weight 1.2oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver-gilt snuff box, by Daniel Hockley, London 1817,rectangular form, foliate border and engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover with figures in a mythological scene, length 8.4cm, approx. weight 5.3oz.Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver snuff box,by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham 1811,rectangular form, fluted decoration, flush hinged cover, with a gilded interior, length 7.1cm, approx. weight 2.6oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver-gilt and agate snuff box,by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London 1802, shaped square form, with reeded borders, the hinged cover is set with a shaped agate panel, gilded interior, length 6.6cm, approx. weight 2.5oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Christie's, South Kensington, 27 April 1989, lot 350.

A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver-gilt snuff box, maker's mark FS, Prague circa 1830,rectangular form, chased scroll foliate decoration with a rayed central shield cartouche, engraved initials, with a gilt interior, length 8.7cm, approx. weight 3.8oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

A Victorian silver snuff box,by Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1838,rectangular form, rose, thistle and shamrock decorated border and thumbpiece with engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover has a vacant cartouche, length 8.5cm, approx. weight 6oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

An early-18th century silver snuff box,unmarked, circa 1730,oval form, the hinged cover engraved with an armorial, gilded interior, scratched initials to the side 'IS', length 8.1cm, approx. weight 1.7oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

A George III silver-gilt and micromosaic snuff box,by Daniel Hockley, London 1813,rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover inlaid with a micromosaic panel of a spaniel, lying by dead game, in a landscape setting, length 6.9cm, approx. total weight 4.6oz.

A Victorian silver snuff box, by Willmore & Co., Birmingham 1842,rectangular form, chased scroll foliate border and sides, the hinged cover embossed with boys playing instruments in a woodland scene, gilded interior, length 7.6cm, approx. weight 3.6oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.

An 18th century French silver snuff box,possibly by Antoine Dutry, Paris circa 1750,shaped rectangular form, chased scroll foliate decoration, the hinged cover depicts two figures and a dog in a hunting scene, with a gilded interior, length 8.6cm, approx. weight 4oz.Provenance:A Private Collection.

A Victorian silver presentation snuff box, by David Pettifer, Birmingham 1854,rectangular form, modelled scroll border with engraved chased foliate scroll decoration, the hinged cover inscribed 'Presented to Henry Merriman by a number of his friends as a token of respect. Whitburn 8th Nov 1857', the bottom inscribed to the cartouche 'Wm Dunn, Chairman, A.T. Crow, Secretary.' length 7.7cm, approx. weight 3.9oz.Provenance: A Private Collection.

A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1850,rectangular form, scroll foliate borders with engine-turned decoration to the sides and base, the hinged cover with a raised scene of a courting couple feeding two swans, inscribed to the inside cover 'Col. Ralph Vivian on his marriage from H.R.H The Duke of Connaught 1891', with a fitted case, length 10.1cm, approx. weight 6.5oz. Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Phillips, London, 24 April 1997, lot 113.