A George III silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box

A George III silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box,

unmarked, circa 1800-1820,

rectangular form, reeded mounts, the hinged cover carved with an armorial within foliate mantling, the inside of the cover with a crowned cipher, the carved Chinese sides with foliate decoration, length 7.2cm.

Provenance: purchased from Gorringes, Lewes, The Denys Cowell Collection, 25 October 2002, lot 669.

Worthing Auction Galleries, March 1987, lot 108.