Sale: A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières
Tuesday 25th April 2017 10:00AM
257 lots in this sale
| Lot | Description | Estimate | Hammer |
| TBS 1 | A rare Victorian Irish silver 'castle-top' card case | £3,000 - £4,000 | |
| TBS 2 | A set of four William IV silver dinner plates | £3,000 - £4,000 | |
| TBS 3 | A fine Victorian presentation silver centrepiece | £15,000 - £25,000 | |
| TBS 4 | A set of six George III cast silver-gilt wine labels | £1,500 - £2,000 | |
| TBS 5 | A pair of Charles I silver Apostle spoons | £7,000 - £9,000 | |
| TBS 6 | A modern silver model of a crocodile | £600 - £900 | |
| TBS 7 | Items from a Private Collection of Snuff Boxes and Bonbonnières. | ||
| 1 | A Victorian silver snuff box | £60 - £80 | £100 |
| 2 | A George III silver snuff box | £100 - £150 | £150 |
| 3 | A silver snuff box | £60 - £80 | £90 |
| 4 | A George III silver snuff box | £100 - £150 | £150 |
| 5 | A 19th century silver snuff box | £80 - £120 | £110 |
| 6 | A George III silver snuff box | £150 - £200 | £190 |
| 7 | A 19th century French silver snuff box | £60 - £80 | £60 |
| 8 | A Victorian presentation silver snuff box | £150 - £250 | £170 |
| 9 | A Victorian silver snuff box | £100 - £150 | £130 |
| 10 | A 19th century Russian silver and niello work snuff box | £100 - £150 | £100 |
| 11 | A 19th century Russian silver 'trompe L'oeuil' snuff box | £600 - £800 | £650 |
| 12 | A 19th century Russian silver snuff box | £200 - £250 | £180 |
| 13 | A 19th century Russian silver and niello work snuff box | £400 - £600 | £500 |
| 14 | A 19th century Continental silver and niello work snuff box | £100 - £150 | £130 |
| 15 | A 19th century Russian silver snuff box | £300 - £500 | £380 |
| 16 | A Victorian silver-mounted hoof table snuff box | £700 - £900 | |
| 17 | λA small collection of four 19th century snuff boxes | £300 - £400 | £250 |
| 18 | A collection of fourteen 19th century lacquered snuff boxes | £500 - £800 | £480 |
| 19 | λA collection of snuff boxes | £300 - £400 | £420 |
| 20 | A 19th century lacquered snuff box | £80 - £120 | |
| 21 | λA late 18th/early 19th century 'scagliola' snuff box | £300 - £500 | £280 |
| 22 | λA late 18th century Vernis Martin style lacquered box | £500 - £700 | |
| 23 | λA 19th century burr birch portrait snuff box | £100 - £150 | £90 |
| 24 | A late-Victorian silver 'squeeze-action' tobacco box | £150 - £250 | £250 |
| 25 | A late 18th century Neapolitan silver-gilt snuff box | £500 - £700 | £750 |
| 26 | An English enamel bonbonnière | £250 - £350 | £300 |
| 27 | A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £500 - £800 | |
| 28 | A Bilston enamel bonbonnière | £400 - £600 | £600 |
| 29 | A London or Birmingham enamel dog bonbonnière | £500 - £800 | £450 |
| 30 | An English enamel bonbonnière | £500 - £800 | |
| 31 | A Birmingham or South Staffordshire bird bonbonniere | £400 - £600 | |
| 32 | A rare Birmingham or South Staffordshire bonbonnière | £400 - £600 | |
| 33 | A rare Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £1,200 - £1,500 | |
| 34 | A South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £400 - £600 | £380 |
| 35 | A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel gilt-metal mounted snuff box or bonbonnière | £2,500 - £3,500 | £2600 |
| 36 | A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1300 |
| 37 | A rare Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £1,200 - £1,500 | £1400 |
| 38 | A good Birmingham enamel bonbonnière | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 39 | A South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £300 - £500 | £300 |
| 40 | A South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière | £600 - £800 | £550 |
| 41 | An early 19th century pressed horn snuff box | £200 - £300 | |
| 42 | A 19th century pressed horn snuff box | £100 - £150 | |
| 43 | Two early 19th century Portuguese pressed horn snuff boxes | £150 - £250 | |
| 44 | λA 19th century red lacquered snuff box | £300 - £400 | £320 |
| 45 | Two 18th century horn snuff boxes | £100 - £150 | £160 |
| 46 | λA 19th century French gold-mounted black Bois Durci snuff box | £150 - £250 | £160 |
| 47 | Napoleonic interest | £200 - £300 | £320 |
| 48 | A Victorian novelty horn snuff box | £80 - £120 | £110 |
| 49 | λA 19th century French red Bois Durci snuff box | £150 - £250 | £150 |
| 50 | An early 18th century German pressed horn snuff box | £150 - £250 | £140 |
| 51 | An early 18th century pressed horn snuff box | £80 - £120 | £70 |
| 52 | λAn early 18th century pressed horn box | £200 - £300 | £180 |
| 53 | λA 19th century French silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box | £200 - £300 | £150 |
| 54 | λA late 18th century French silver-gilt portrait snuff box | £700 - £900 | |
| 55 | A 19th century tole peinte snuff box | £80 - £120 | £170 |
| 56 | λA Victorian tortoiseshell snuff box | £200 - £250 | £200 |
| 57 | A 19th century lacquered scagolia snuff box | £150 - £200 | £110 |
| 58 | λA silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl portrait snuff box | £200 - £300 | £180 |
| 59 | An early 19th century German lacquer snuff box | £500 - £700 | £400 |
| 60 | An early 19th century German lacquer snuff box | £200 - £300 | £180 |
| 61 | A 19th century silver-mounted horn snuff box | £200 - £250 | £220 |
| 62 | λAn 18th century silver mounted Vernis Martin snuff box | £300 - £400 | £300 |
| 63 | A late 19th century hoof double snuff box | £100 - £150 | £90 |
| 64 | λA 19th century gold and silver pique tortoiseshell box | £200 - £300 | £280 |
| 65 | A French silver-gilt and enamel snuff box | £150 - £200 | £250 |
| 66 | A 19th century French silver box | £150 - £250 | £280 |
| 67 | A German silver and enamel snuff box | £150 - £250 | £350 |
| 68 | A German silver snuff box | £150 - £200 | £160 |
| 69 | A George III silver-gilt snuff box | £300 - £400 | £380 |
| 70 | By Asprey and Co | £100 - £150 | £300 |
| 71 | A Victorian silver double snuff box | £700 - £900 | £850 |
| 72 | A late 19th century Continental silver mounted Pietre Dura and hardstone snuff box | £500 - £700 | |
| 73 | A late Victorian novelty silver Tricorn hat snuff box | £200 - £250 | £480 |
| 74 | A late-Victorian novelty Brazil nut silver snuff box | £150 - £200 | £280 |
| 75 | An Italian silver-gilt and enamel snuff box | £150 - £200 | £140 |
| 76 | A continental silver-gilt gem-set snuff box | £250 - £300 | £250 |
| 77 | Two South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnières | £500 - £800 | £450 |
| 78 | Two South Staffordshire bird bonbonnières | £250 - £350 | £550 |
| 79 | An English enamel rectangular snuff box | £200 - £300 | |
| 80 | An English enamel patch box | £100 - £200 | £120 |
| 81 | A French enamel rectangular snuff box | £150 - £250 | £130 |
| 82 | A French enamel rectangular snuff box | £250 - £300 | |
| 83 | A Dutch silver and enamel oval snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1000 |
| 84 | A large South Staffordshire enamel rectangular snuff box | £200 - £300 | £320 |
| 85 | An English enamel snuff box | £150 - £250 | £320 |
| 86 | A Birmingham enamel snuff box | £400 - £600 | £620 |
| 87 | A French enamel rectangular snuff box | £400 - £600 | |
| 88 | A silver-mounted enamel snuff box | £400 - £600 | £400 |
| 89 | A Victorian silver snuff box | £400 - £600 | £420 |
| 90 | λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted portrait snuff box | £500 - £700 | £1400 |
| 91 | A George III silver and glass snuff box | £250 - £300 | £350 |
| 92 | A late 18th century Swedish silver snuff box | £200 - £300 | |
| 93 | A George III silver snuff box | £150 - £200 | £140 |
| 94 | A Continental silver and enamel snuff box | £150 - £200 | £280 |
| 95 | λA George III tortoiseshell and gold mounted portrait snuff box | £700 - £900 | £1200 |
| 96 | λAn 18th century gilt metal and tortoiseshell snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £950 |
| 97 | λAn 18th century French lacquered portrait miniature snuff box | £400 - £600 | £3600 |
| 98 | An 18th century silver and enamel snuff box | £400 - £600 | £500 |
| 99 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £250 - £300 | |
| 100 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £200 - £300 | £280 |
| 101 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £200 - £300 | £280 |
| 102 | An early 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £200 - £300 | £220 |
| 103 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £250 - £300 | £250 |
| 104 | An unusual 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and partridge wood veneered snuff box | £100 - £150 | £90 |
| 105 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £250 - £300 | |
| 106 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £250 - £300 | £350 |
| 107 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £150 - £200 | £180 |
| 108 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £150 - £200 | |
| 109 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £200 - £300 | £250 |
| 110 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware sycamore and pen work snuff box | £250 - £300 | £220 |
| 111 | A 19th century silver-mounted treen fox mask snuff box | £400 - £600 | £500 |
| 112 | A Victorian treen novelty shoe snuff box | £100 - £150 | £150 |
| 113 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware root and pen work table snuff box | £250 - £300 | £380 |
| 114 | A pair of Victorian novelty treen shoe snuff boxes | £150 - £250 | £450 |
| 115 | A 19th century Mauchline Ware root and pen work table snuff box | £250 - £300 | £250 |
| 116 | A late Victorian novelty treen shoe snuff box | £100 - £150 | £220 |
| 117 | A 19th century silver-mounted treen snuff box | £80 - £120 | £140 |
| 118 | Nelson Interest | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 119 | A Victorian lacquered papier-mâchè novelty snuff box | £50 - £70 | £40 |
| 120 | A 19th century Scottish silver-mounted snuff mull | £300 - £400 | £150 |
| 121 | A collection of five 19th century novelty shoe snuff boxes | £300 - £500 | £250 |
| 122 | A George III silver-mounted leather snuff box | £80 - £120 | £120 |
| 123 | A George II gold and hard stone mounted snuff box | £5,000 - £8,000 | |
| 124 | λAn early 18th century blonde tortoiseshell and gold mounted snuff box | £2,000 - £3,000 | £1700 |
| 125 | A mid-18th century gold keg snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £2000 |
| 126 | A 19th century French gold snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £1300 |
| 127 | A 19th century continental gold snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1200 |
| 128 | A 19th century continental gold Royal Presentation snuff box | £2,000 - £3,000 | £3100 |
| 129 | λA 19th century tortoiseshell | £4,000 - £6,000 | £5500 |
| 130 | An 18th century gilt-metal snuff box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 131 | A Battersea enamel rectangular snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £2600 |
| 132 | A rare Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box of Jacobite interest | £800 - £1,200 | £700 |
| 133 | A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box | £1,000 - £2,000 | £1700 |
| 134 | A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box | £500 - £800 | £450 |
| 135 | A good Battersea enamel snuff box | £700 - £1,000 | £2000 |
| 136 | A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box | £600 - £800 | £900 |
| 137 | A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1300 |
| 138 | A Birmingham or South Staffordshire rectangular snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1600 |
| 139 | A rare London enamel circular snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £2400 |
| 140 | An English enamel snuff box | £100 - £200 | £120 |
| 141 | A German enamel bombé shaped snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £2200 |
| 142 | A Continental enamel double snuff box | £400 - £600 | £480 |
| 143 | A French enamel snuff box | £600 - £800 | |
| 144 | A Continental enamel double snuff box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 145 | A Continental enamel snuff box | £100 - £200 | £190 |
| 146 | A rare pearlware bonbonnière | £800 - £1,200 | £1500 |
| 147 | An unusual Continental porcelain bonbonnière | £300 - £500 | £950 |
| 148 | A Doccia porcelain rectangular snuff box | £600 - £800 | £500 |
| 149 | A Continental porcelain rectangular snuff box | £100 - £200 | £100 |
| 150 | A rare pearlware bonbonnière or snuff box | £700 - £1,000 | £1200 |
| 151 | A Chelsea gold-mounted bonbonnière | £2,500 - £3,500 | £4800 |
| 152 | A St James (Charles Gouyn) bonbonnière | £4,000 - £6,000 | |
| 153 | A Chelsea bonbonnière | £800 - £1,200 | £1600 |
| 154 | λA George II silver erotic snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | |
| 155 | A 19th century French gold snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1500 |
| 156 | A mid 18th century continental silver-gilt | £1,500 - £2,000 | |
| 157 | A 19th century Austrian jewel-set | £2,000 - £3,000 | £2600 |
| 158 | A 19th century gold-mounted amethyst snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £1800 |
| 159 | A Victorian provincial gold and hard stone snuff box | £600 - £800 | £650 |
| 160 | An 18th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box | £2,000 - £3,000 | £1800 |
| 161 | A 19th century continental silver and mother-of-pearl snuff box | £200 - £300 | |
| 162 | λAn 18th century carved ivory bonbonniere | £300 - £400 | £450 |
| 163 | A late 18th century German silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box | £300 - £400 | |
| 164 | λAn early 19th century gilt metal and gold inlaid blonde tortoiseshell snuff box | £300 - £400 | £280 |
| 165 | A late 18th century silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box | £200 - £300 | |
| 166 | λA 19th century ivory snuff box | £200 - £300 | £180 |
| 167 | A George III gilt-metal mounted shell snuff box | £150 - £250 | £150 |
| 168 | λAn Edwardian silver-mounted scrimshaw snuff box | £300 - £500 | |
| 169 | λA 19th century silver-mounted mammoth tooth snuff box | £300 - £500 | £400 |
| 170 | λA 19th century ivory snuff box | £100 - £150 | £110 |
| 171 | A 19th century silver-mounted simulated 'gold stone' snuff box | £300 - £400 | £300 |
| 172 | λA 19th century silver-mounted scrimshaw snuff mull | £400 - £600 | |
| 173 | A George IV silver raised relief Pedlar snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1000 |
| 174 | A mid 18th century gilt metal mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box / flask unmarked | £700 - £900 | £700 |
| 175 | An 18th century Japanese export sawasa snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £2200 |
| 176 | A mid-19th century Russian silver-mounted hard stone snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £1100 |
| 177 | A 19th century Indian silver snuff box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 178 | A 19th century Chinese Export silver snuff box | £500 - £700 | £750 |
| 179 | A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box | £600 - £800 | £550 |
| 180 | A George III silver snuff box | £600 - £800 | £950 |
| 181 | A Victorian silver-gilt 'castle-top' snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £1600 |
| 182 | A George IV silver raised relief snuff box | £700 - £900 | £650 |
| 183 | An 18th century Dutch silver-gilt box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 184 | A George III silver snuff box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 185 | λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl snuff box | £250 - £300 | £200 |
| 186 | λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 187 | λA George III gold and tortoiseshell portrait snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £400 |
| 188 | A George III provincial silver snuff box | £400 - £600 | £400 |
| 189 | λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 190 | λA mid 18th century silver-mounted ivory and piqué snuff box | £600 - £800 | |
| 191 | λAn 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box | £300 - £400 | £750 |
| 192 | A William and Mary silver squeeze-action spice / snuff box | £600 - £800 | £750 |
| 193 | A William and Mary silver double snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £1300 |
| 194 | λAn early 18th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box | £300 - £500 | |
| 195 | An 18th century gold-mounted agate snuff box | £2,000 - £3,000 | £1800 |
| 196 | An 18th century gold-mounted moss agate snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1200 |
| 197 | An early 19th century jewel-set | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1200 |
| 198 | λAn 18th century signed Roman micromosaic mounted in a French tortoiseshell and gold bonbonniere | £3,000 - £5,000 | £5000 |
| 199 | An 18th century French three-colour gold oval snuff box | £700 - £900 | £1300 |
| 200 | A George III silver-gilt and micromosaic mounted snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £4200 |
| 201 | λA late 18th century gold | £500 - £800 | |
| 202 | A late 19th century Swiss gold snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1500 |
| 203 | A fine and rare Meissen gold-mounted oval snuff box | £10,000 - £15,000 | £9000 |
| 204 | A documentary Fürstenberg portrait snuff box | £4,000 - £6,000 | £3600 |
| 205 | A Meissen rectangular snuff box | £3,000 - £4,000 | £2600 |
| 206 | A St Cloud silver-mounted porcelain snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | |
| 207 | A good silver-mounted Saint Cloud snuff box or bonbonnière | £2,500 - £3,000 | £3000 |
| 208 | A Saint Cloud silver-mounted snuff box or bonbonnière | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 209 | A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £900 |
| 210 | A German porcelain snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £750 |
| 211 | A Saint Cloud porcelain silver-mounted snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | |
| 212 | A Chantilly circular snuff box | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1500 |
| 213 | A Chantilly silver-mounted circular snuff box | £600 - £800 | £1000 |
| 214 | A Mennecy porcelain silver-mounted snuff box and cover | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1500 |
| 215 | A Saint Cloud silver-mounted snuff box or bonbonnière | £1,200 - £1,500 | |
| 216 | λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted pressed tortoiseshell snuff box | £300 - £400 | £280 |
| 217 | A 19th century French silver-gilt snuff box | £100 - £150 | £180 |
| 218 | λAn 18th century black lacquered tortoiseshell snuff box | £300 - £500 | £320 |
| 219 | A 19th century silver-gilt mounted burr wood snuff box | £100 - £150 | |
| 220 | A late 18th / early 19th century silver-mounted black enamel snuff box | £250 - £300 | £220 |
| 221 | A 19th century French silver-gilt and silver snuff box | £250 - £300 | £480 |
| 222 | λAn 18th century gold-mounted blonde tortoiseshell portrait snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1600 |
| 223 | λA late 18th / early 19th century Continental silver-gilt portrait snuff box | £400 - £600 | £350 |
| 224 | λA 19th century two coloured gold inlaid portrait snuff box | £500 - £800 | £500 |
| 225 | λA late-18th century French ballooning snuff box | £700 - £900 | £700 |
| 226 | A George III silver-mounted shell snuff box | £300 - £400 | £350 |
| 227 | λA George IV silver-mounted shell snuff box | £400 - £600 | £400 |
| 228 | A late 18th / early 19th century gilt metal double snuff box | £100 - £150 | £90 |
| 229 | λA late 18th century tortoiseshell double snuff box | £150 - £200 | |
| 230 | λAn 18th century silver-mounted mother-of-pearl portrait snuff box | £400 - £600 | |
| 231 | A George III silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box | £500 - £700 | £550 |
| 232 | A 19th century gold mounted snail snuff box | £400 - £600 | £400 |
| 233 | A George III silver double snuff box | £600 - £800 | |
| 234 | An 18th century silver-gilt mounted amethystine quartz snuff box | £700 - £900 | |
| 235 | An 18th century gold-mounted agate snuff box | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1000 |
| 236 | A 19th century gold-mounted petrified wood box | £800 - £1,200 | |
| 237 | An 18th century gold-mounted agate snuff box | £700 - £900 | £750 |
| 238 | An 18th century silver-mounted agate snuff box | £300 - £500 | |
| 239 | A 19th century French gold-mounted glass snuff box | £250 - £300 | £400 |
| 240 | An 18th century German gilt-metal mounted rock crystal snuff box | £800 - £1,200 | £950 |
| 241 | A 18th century silver-gilt mounted agate snuff box | £600 - £800 | £600 |
| 242 | A 19th century silver-mounted moss agate snuff box | £700 - £900 | |
| 243 | A mid 18th century silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuff box | £250 - £300 | £220 |
| 244 | A late-18th century French gold-mounted agate snuff box | £500 - £700 | £400 |
| 245 | An 18th century gold-mounted agate snuff box | £700 - £900 | £800 |
| 246 | A Louis XVI gold and enamel box | £6,000 - £8,000 | |
| 247 | An 18th century French gold and enamelled box | £2,000 - £3,000 | £2800 |
| 248 | An 18th century diamond-set | £6,000 - £8,000 | £5200 |
| 249 | A 19th century German gold and enamelled snuff box | £6,000 - £8,000 | £5500 |
| 250 | A George III eighteen carat gold and enamelled box | £5,000 - £7,000 | £6500 |