Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24th April 2018
Lot 385
A silver triple snuff box
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220
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Description
A silver triple snuff box,
probably by Davies Brothers or Dingley Brothers, Birmingham 1911,
shaped rectangular form, engine-turned decoration, the smaller hinged cover embossed with a figure and inscribed 'Paul Pry', length 6.cm, approx. weight 2.7oz.
Paul Pry was a farce in three acts, and was the most notable play written by 19th-century English playwright John Poole in 1825. Paul Pry is also a definition of a nosy person.