An early-Victorian silver-gilt and hard stone snuff box,

An early-Victorian silver-gilt and hard stone snuff box,
by James Nasmyth and Co., Edinburgh 1841,
rounded rectangular form, engine-turned sides and base, the front with a vacant cartouche, the hinged cover inlaid with chequered agates, foliate scroll thumbpiece, length 8.9cm, approx. total gross weight 3oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 12 October 1993, lot 52.