Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24 Apr 2018
A silver triple snuff box
A silver triple snuff box,
probably by Davies Brothers or Dingley Brothers, Birmingham 1911,
shaped rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, the smaller hinged cover embossed with a figure and inscribed 'Paul Pry', length 6.cm, approx. weight 2.7oz.
Paul Pry was a farce in three acts, and was the most notable play written by 19th-century English playwright John Poole in 1825. Paul Pry is also a definition of a nosy person.