Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012
Lot 906
A George II silver tobacco box
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A George II silver tobacco box,
probably by Robert Cox, London 1744,
oval form, the pull-off cover engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, the base inscribed 'GOLDWYER SARUM', length 9.3cm, approx. weight 3.2oz.
for a mention of this tobacco box see Grimwade, A, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, Faber and Faber, 1990, page 268.
