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Click here to subscribeA Regency carved betel nut snuff box modelled as a sixty gun man-of-war, bearing inscription `SNUFF BOX CARVED BY ONE OF NAPOLEON`S STAFF, LONGWOOD, ST. HELENA, 1819`, with two lids bearing a representation of Napoleon, military trophy and monogram, on a rectangular ebonised base, 9cm high, 17.5cm wide, 7cm deep. Provenance: Apsley Estates, Hampshire.
AN ASTON & SON TABLE SNUFF BOX OF MILITARY INTEREST, bright cut engraved scrollwork throughout, the lid with Kings Own 2nd Staffordshire Militia insignia in high relief, gilt interior, the base engraved presentation inscription `Presented to the 2nd Staffordshire Militia by Capt R.J.K. Levett, Feb 1st 1858`, Birmingham 1857, (approximately 310g)
A German porcelain snuff box with gilt metal mounts, late 18th Century, each side and the hinged lid painted with figural scenes within iron red and gilt scroll cartouches, the base panel with a dragonfly, the underside of the lid with classical nudes, the interior gilt, unmarked, dimensions approx 7cm x 5cm x 4.5cm (faults).
A late Victoria silver rectangular snuff box, the hinged lid embossed with a figure standing before a church within a scroll surround, above foliate scroll sides, Birmingham 1891, together with a George V silver oval pill box, Birmingham 1919, a cranberry glass scent bottle and a small collection of silver.
An early 19th Century Continental silver oval snuff box, the hinge lid engraved with a ribbon and reed border, together with a silver ovoid vinaigrette, the hinged lid engraved with a festoon revealing a pierced gilt grille, another silver ovoid vinaigrette and a Continental box with screw lid, of urn shaped form.
FIVE PRATTWARE AND OTHER EARTHENWARE WINDOW STOPS OR FURNITURE RESTS one modelled as a tree man, the Prattware example with the head of a gentleman, 9-13.5cm h and an earthenware screw top snuff box in the form of the head of soldier, all early 19th c (6) ++Prattware example -damage to one of the two protruding lion`s paws. Tree man example with some flaking of the enamel, larger of the two bearded man examples with chip to rear corner of the plinth. Snuff box - nose chipped, rebuilt around the neck, lacking lid
A NORTHERN EUROPEAN ENAMEL SNUFF BOX the lid attractively painted with a quay scene and ruins, the bombé base with three vignettes, giltmetal rims with chased thumbpiece, 7cm diam, c1770 ++Lid chipped in two places and with various hairline cracks, further hairline cracks to the sides and underside, no restoration
A VICTORIAN SILVER TESTIMONIAL SNUFF BOX of moulded oblong form with waisted sides, engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage, 9.5cm w, by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1856, 6ozs 10dwts The engraved inscription to the lid reads: Presented to John Burn Esq MD along with three hundred Guineas and a Time Piece by 500 of his patients as an expression of their high esteem for him as their medical advisor & friend 9th June 1868. ++A good example of heavy gauge and in well preserved condition
A MEISSEN GILT-METAL MOUNTED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX, with a hinged cover, of oblong serpentine form, painted with hunting scenes in puce to the cover, inner cover and sides, the underside with a figure in a landscape, blue crossed swords mark to base, 7.5cm diameter (hinges defective). See illustration
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