A George IV silver-gilt snuff box

A George IV silver-gilt snuff box,

by Alexander Strahan, London 1824,

rectangular form, the hinged cover with a relief of a huntsman with a shotgun and two gun dogs in a landscape setting, oak leaf border, engine-turned sides and base, the interior cover later inscribed 'Frank Gates, Barton Hotel, Stapenhill 1833' also numbered '173', length 8cm, approx. weight 5.9oz.