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An engraved silver propelling pencil with bloodstone seal, another pencil, a silver mounted pencil and sheath, an agate snuff box etc

An important Presentation Box, Russian or Swiss, 95mm x 68mm with rounded corners, fine gold with tortoiseshell panels, the lid set with a fine miniature portrait of the Grand Duchess Catherine, this within later decorative gold frame, the interior of the lid set with oval gold panel with presentation inscription ‘Given by Catherine Grand Duchess of all the Rufsias to Lieut. General Turner 27 June 1814’, contained in its original red leather presentation case, very good condition £5000-7000 ‘For General Turner's service to the Grand Duchess and the Emperor, the former presented him with a magnificent snuff box, the lid of which was composed of her miniature portrait surrounded with splendid diamonds. It was subsequently taken to pieces by his descendants and the diamonds became the farmly jewels of one of them. The Emperor made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Anne.’ ‘In the preface of a book containing the correspondence between the Tsar Alexander and his sister taken from the Imperial archives and published by the Grand Duke Nicolas in St Petersburg in 1910 (Correspondence de I'Empereur Alexandre avec sa soeur La Grande Duchesse Catharine) the following description is given of the London visit. (Translation): The visit of Alexander I to London in the spring of 1814 is a good example of the influence which the Grand Duchess Catharine exercised over him. Of an ardent and impressionable nature, she sometimes allowed herself to be carried away by momentary impulses, which even made her commit insuperable blunders and the greatest harm. It was thus that in London she began by quarrelling with the Regent, his minister and the ambassador of Russia, Count Lieven; for her habitual impetuosity pushed her into extremes of contradiction; she sought in every way to oppose the Regent and his conservative Ministers. The advances she made to the Regent's daughter, who had quarrelled with her father, and to Lord Holland and Lord Grey, the leaders of the liberal opposition, naturally excited the anger of the government. But this was not all. On his arrival in London the Emperor Alexander refused the palaces prepared for him and preferred to stay with his sister the Grand Duchess. The Regent manifested his discontent and from the very beginning this was the origin of the most regrettable misunderstandings between the two princes, which continued up to the end without decrease or appeasement, to the great despair of the Russian ambassador. From a political point of view the visit was a failure and the result negative, to the great satisfaction of Russia's enemies, Prince Mettemich, Lord Castlereagh and so many others. The fault entire for this was the inconsiderate attitude of the Grand Duchess and the influence which she was able to exercise at a given moment over her imperial brother. The astonishing thing is not so much the conduct of the Grand Duchess as the fact that the Emperor could abandon his reserve and prudence. May it not be that he began to be satiated with success and glory after three years of continual physical and mental exertion in the war against Napoleon? This would appear to be the only possible explanation, because he knew very well the defects of his sister and it is difficult to believe otherwise that he had come in these few months to forget for a period not only his personal interest but also that of his country.’ (Ref Sir Hilgrove Turner, Soldier and Courtier under the Georges, Arthur F. Loveday, Alkham Press, 1964).

A continental snuff box, of shaped form, the lid embossed with allegorical scene, gilded interior, 9.5cm

A Victorian silver snuff box, of cartouche form with hatched and foliate decoration, the lid bearing presentation inscription, marks indistinct, 7.5cm

A silver baluster cream jug, Birmingham 1914; a silver presentation trophy, Chester 1908; an oval silver snuff box, Birmingham 1905; a silver backed hand mirror and a white metal Christening tankard, (5)

A Victorian tortoise shell snuff box, 7.5cm long; and a mother of pearl similar, 6cm, (2)

A tortoise shell snuff box, in the form of a tortoise with hinged shell, 10cm long

A George III Irish silver curved oblong snuff box, maker's mark 'R.S' (not traced), Dublin 1789, pricked with a tree design, the cover also with a vacant lozenge reserve, 6.2cm (2.5in) long (with later steel match rasp)

A rare George III English provincial silver long oval snuff box by John Langlands I & John Robertson, Newcastle circa 1790 (no date letter), engraved with a recumbent stag crest within decorative borders, 8.6cm (3.5in) long, 78g (2.5 oz)

An early 19th century Dutch silver circular snuff box, maker's mark worn, date letter 'H' for 1817, 1814-1953 2nd standard, the cover cast with classical symbolic figures, the swagged border with letters, the sides reeded, 6.3cm (2.5in) diameter, 71g (2.25 oz) (the cast plaque to the cover perhaps earlier)Perhaps Orpheus and Apollo

An 18th century German enamel rectangular snuff box, circa 1770, painted with shaped panels of birds in the Meissen style, on a pink chequered ground, the cover interior with a side-to-side landscape with birds, 8.5cm (3.25in) wide

A French faience hexagonal snuff box, circa 1900, bears a mark 'LILLE 1767', painted with lovers half framed by scrollwork, the sides with flowers, 6cm (2.25in) wide; and an enamel small rectangular snuff box, 20th century, printed and painted with a landscape, the sides yellow, 4.4cm (1.75in) wide

A painted shaped oval enamel snuff box in French 18th century taste, late 19th century, the cover with an oval panel seated lady in puce and grey, on a green gilt and white ground, the sides with corresponding puce landscape panels, 8cm (3in) wide

A mid-19th century Russian silver parcel gilt cartouche shape snuff box, maker's mark 'HO' (not traced), St Petersburg 1851, 84 zolotniks, chased with gilt scrolling foliage and flowers on a matted ground, with a chased scroll thumbpiece and a gilt interior, 8.5cm (3.25in) wide, 100g (3 oz)

A Russian silver coloured niello rectangular snuff box by Klebnikov, Moscow 1888, 84 zolotniks, signed in full under Imperial warrant, decorated with a view of the Kremlin with the Great Kremlin Palace, the sides and base chequered and engraved 'Andrew Holmberg Brown', 6.8cm (2.75in) wide, 74g (2.25 oz)

A Russian silver coloured niello rectangular snuff box, maker's mark misstruck, Moscow 1833, assaymaster Nicholai Bubrovin, 84 zolotniks, the cover with Peter the Great at the battle of Narva, within chevron borders, the base with a martial trophy, the interior gilt, 8.4cm (3.25in) wide, 112g (3.5 oz)

[Fox hunting interest] A Victorian silver rectangular snuff box by Francis Clark, Birmingham 1843, the cover engraved with hounds chasing a fox, within flower and foliate chased shaped borders with chamfered edges and a conforming chased thumbpiece, the sides engine turned, the engine turned base engraved with a crest, the interior gilt, 9.8cm (4in) wide, 206g (6.5 oz)

An early Victorian silver table snuff box by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1840, shaped rectangular with overall scroll foliate engraving and with a foliate cast thumpiece, the cover engraved 'From F. Sitwell Esq. of Barmoor Castle, Northumberland. to A. Walker', with a gilt interior, the cover engraved with an extensive presentation inscription 'My Dear Walker .... F. Sitwell, London 27th May 1842',10cm (4in) wide, 187g (6 oz)

A William IV silver rectangular snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1833, the cover with chased foliate borders, the curved sides conforming, the base engine turned, the interior gilt, 8.5cm (3.25in) wide, 155g (5 oz)

A George IV silver rectangular snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1829, engine turned overall, the cover with a vacant reserve, the interior gilt, 7.8cm (3in) wide, 89g (2.75 oz)

A George IV silver oblong snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1829, engine turned overall, the cover engraved 'Richard Tucker', the interior gilt, 8.2cm (3.25in) wide, 78g (2.5 oz)

A late George III silver oblong snuff box by John Bettridge, Birmingham 1818, the cover and base engraved with scroll foliage within chased foliate borders, the sides with a conforming band, the interior gilt, 5.5cm (2in) wide

An early 18th century tortoiseshell pique inlaid oval snuff box, unmarked, English or Continental, circa 1720, inlaid with engraved scroll foliage and a stylised shell also with mother of pearl, 7.5cm (3in) wideSee Delieb, Eric 'Silver Boxes' Woodbridge 2002, p. 115, plates 182-184 for comparable examples

A George IV silver 'castle top' snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1827, the cover chased with a view of Windsor Castle, with a foliate chased thumbpiece and engine turned sides and base, engraved 'G.M.', the interior gilt, 7.3cm (2.75in) wide

A George IV silver snuff box, raised floral borders and engine turned, to the hinged cover an engraved panel of a coursing scene, gilded interior with inscription 'Presented by The Strathern Coursing Club to Mr James Robertson, Farmer, in Henhill; As a mark of the high sense the Members entertain of the uniform kindness and attention they have on all occasions received from him, since the establishment of the Club, 14th February 1824', Birmingham 1823, maker Thomas Shaw, 9cm (3 1/2in) wide, 5.5 troy oz

A William IV silver snuff box, raised floral borders and engine turned, the hinged cover inscribed 'Martin R. Evans Revenue Inspector', gilded interior, Birmingham 1833, maker Thomas Shaw, 7.5cm (3in) wide, 3.5 troy oz

A Victorian silver snuff box, acanthus engraved decoration, the hinged cover inscribed 'Presented to Mr George Smith by a few friends in Aberdeen as a mark of respect 9th August 1850', Birmingham 1849, maker Nathaniel Mills, 7.5cm (3in), 2.5 troy oz

A William IV silver snuff box, reeded decoration, gilded interior, Birmingham 1834, maker Nathaniel Mills, 5cm (2in) wide, 1.5 troy oz

A George IV silver snuff box, engine turned and reeded, with raised floral thumb catch, gilded interior, London 1825, maker John Linnit, 6.5cm (2 1/2in), 2 troy oz

A late Victorian embossed silver snuff box, gilded interior, monogrammed, Birmingham 1899, maker Nathan and Hayes, 7.5cm (3in), 2.5 troy oz

A George III silver snuff box, with shaped oval section body engraved overall with a trellis of flower heads, the flush fitting hinged lid bearing an inscription for 1804, Birmingham 1807 by John Shaw, 8cm (3in) long

A Fine 17th Century Oval Cedarwood & Horn Snuff Box; inlaid with a decorative octagonal tablet inscribed 'It is a friend to whom I lend' and dated 1664. 3½ ins (9 cms) long.

19TH CENTURY WOODEN SNUFF BOX LID DECORATED WITH A STEEPLECHASE SCENE, 7CM

19TH CENTURY PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX WITH MOTHER OF PEARL DECORATION INSCRIBED YARMOUTH

Victorian silver snuff box maker Gervase Wheeler Birmingham 1867, bangle brooches etc

An 18C style white metal and brass cartouche shaped snuff box having repousse decoration depicting classical scene, bearing marks

Wooden Vesta case striker, a birchwood snuff box and a metal match holder in the form of a milk churn

A white metal and tortoiseshell pique snuff box Centre decorated with animals with in a scroll border, lined in copper to interior, another oblong example, and a papier-m‰chŽ simulated tortoiseshell example (4)

A LIMOGES PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX, another, a glass scent bottle and a few other pieces

A BILSTON ENAMEL VIOLET OVAL SNUFF BOX with verse 'Did you love one as I love you, Naught but death should part us two' (slight faults) and another 'Love the Giver'

A GROUP OF PIECES to include a Persian pen box, a Tunbridgeware box, a brass pig/brush, a Japanese bronze snuff box, a scent bottle and other pieces

A Nathaniel Mills silver snuff box with gilt interior

A George III silver twin compartment curved rectangular snuff box, each hinge lid engraved with ropetwist banded decoration, London 1798, length approx 6.5cm.

A late 18th/early 19th Century treen snuff box in the form of a dog's head with hinge lid and glass eyes.

A George III mahogany snuff box in the form of a shoe, the sliding lid with inset pewter name plaque and inlaid with brass studwork, length approx 14.2cm together with a similar rosewood shoe snuff box, length approx 10.5cm.

A Regency papier-mâché snuff box, the hinge lid decorated in gilt with a lattice panel, a smaller snuff box and a treen snuff box.

A Halcyon Days porcelain model of two badgers on a gilt edged oval base, boxed, together with twelve other pieces of Halcyon Days enamels and porcelain, including a swan bonbonnière and a Gilbert Collection paste and gilt metal encrusted green ground oval box, and other enamels, including an 18th Century enamel oval snuff box (restored).

A SNUFF BOX of oblong form with fluted ends, the hinged lid chased with foliate scrolls centred by an initialled cartouche, the base chased with foliage and a flowerhead, late 18th/19th century, possibly French, 3 1/4" wide, 2ozs 11dwts

A mid-19th Century brass mounted mahogany snuff box, the cover engraved with a recumbent spaniel beneath a tree and inscribed 'W. Thompson Liverpool' and dated 1852, length approx 8.8cm, together with a brass tape measure, an 18th Century brass spoon pastry-jigger, a brass snuff box, a brass taper holder of figural form and a small collection of brassware.

A George III silver snuff box of curved oblong form, engraved with leaf bordered lattice panels filled with flowerheads, Birmingham 1809 by Joseph Willmore, length approx 7.4cm.

A South Staffordshire enamel snuff box with gilt metal mounts, mid-18th Century, of rectangular form, the hinge lid and sides painted with flower sprays, length approx 6.7cm.

A South Staffordshire enamel rectangular snuff box with gilt metal mounts, mid-18th Century, the hinge lid and sides painted with flower sprays on a yellow ground, length approx 7.3cm (restored lid).

A South Staffordshire enamel and brass snuff box, mid-18th Century, of rectangular form with canted corners, the hinge lid painted with a flower spray within a pink and puce border, length approx 7.8cm.

A tortoiseshell rectangular snuff box, early 19th Century, the hinge lid inlaid with a gold shield, foliate scrolls and flower festoons, length approx 9.5cm (cracked).

A silver mounted tortoiseshell circular snuff box, late 18th Century/early 19th Century, the hinge lid silver inlaid with title 'Frederick III King of Prussia' above a half length relief portrait and foliate scrolls, the base with engine turned decoration, bearing 'Hornsby Collection 102' applied paper label to interior, diameter approx 6cm.

A gilt metal mounted tortoiseshell rectangular snuff box, probably French, late 18th Century, the hinge lid and sides finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl and abalone flower sprays, length approx 7.8cm.

A Queen Anne oval horn snuff box, the cover decorated with a relief head and shoulders portrait of the Queen, length approx 10.2cm.

A silver mounted tortoiseshell oval snuff box lid, 18th Century, finely inlaid with a coat of arms, length approx 9cm.

A Charles II bone inlaid fruitwood and horn oval snuff box, the cover inscribed 'It is a Friend to Whom I Lend' and dated '1671', length approx 9cm. Note: three similar examples are illustrated in Owen Evan-Thomas' Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, 1992, plate 38.

A yew snuff box in the form a shoe, late 18th/early 19th Century, the hinge lid carved with a cobbler, length approx 12.5cm.