Early Spoons, Silver and Collectors' Items - 26th January 2005
Lot 466
An early Victorian rectangular presentation snuff box
Estimate £250 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
An early Victorian rectangular presentation snuff box , with elaborate raised foliate borders and sides, inscribed "Presented By the Parishioners of St Crux to Gylby Hairsine, overseer of that Parish,.... in the discharge of his public duty as a Trustee of Haughtons School, December 1938", by Nathanial Mills, Birmingham 1838,4.15in (10.5cm) max, 8oz.
