A RARE 17TH CENTURY STEEL SNUFF BOX C.1670-80 the hinged lid finely engraved with a leopard

A RARE 17TH CENTURY STEEL SNUFF BOX

C.1670-80

the hinged lid finely engraved with a leopard, a mythical beast and a bird amidst scrolling foliage, the body with moulded bands and with a shaped hinge

8.2cm wide

Provenance

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

Catalogue Note

The symbolism on this snuff box possibly relates to the Boscobel Oak story when the young Charles II escaped from the Roundheads following the battle of Worcester.