A George III silver snuff box

A George III silver snuff box,

by Frederick Hentsche, London 1819,

oblong oval section, with foliate scroll decoration, the hinged cover with a shell thumb-piece and with a glazed white portrait of William Shakespeare in profile, in a gold frame, the underside with initials, length 8.5cm, approx. weight 3.8oz.

Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 247.

Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors' Club, 2015, page 160.

Illustrated in Delieb, E., Silver Boxes, Antique Collector's Club, 2002, page.113, pl178.