Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015
Lot 567
A George IV silver-gilt snuff box
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £320
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Description
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.