A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH TREEN SPECIMEN WOOD SNUFF BOX

A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH TREEN SPECIMEN WOOD SNUFF BOX

BY CHARLES STIVEN & SONS

inlaid with twenty-two samples, the majority oak, each titled, including: 'Oak from Lord Nelson's Ship Victory', 'Oak from the State Prison on Bass Rock', 'Oak from the Florida Ship of the Spanish Armada, destroyed at Mull 1588', with a hinged lid, the underside stamped 'C. Stiven & Sons, Box Makers to Her Majesty, Laurencekirk'

10.2cm wide

Provenance

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