Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015

Lot 561

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' snuff box

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £3200

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Description

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' snuff box,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1840,

rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of Durham Cathedral, foliate scroll borders, the underside with an erased rectangular cartouche with an engine-turned border, length 8.2cm, approx. weight 3.7oz.