'WINCHESTER INTEREST' A WILLIAM IV BOG OAK SNUFF BOX

'WINCHESTER INTEREST' A WILLIAM IV BOG OAK SNUFF BOX

C.1834

of disc form, together with a handwritten note, stating 'This box is made of a piece of oak found underneath the new Bridewell May 1834 being in the city wall which was 13 feet thick and built in the time of William Rufus about 740 years since'

7.8cm diameter

Provenance

'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.