Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 103
A GEORGE IV OAK 'YORK MINSTER' CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX EARLY 19TH CENTURY engine turned
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £180
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Description
A GEORGE IV OAK 'YORK MINSTER' CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
engine turned, the lid inset with a silver medallion, one side with a view of York Minster, titled and dated '1829', the obverse inscribed 'York Minster was commenced 1171, completed 1377, the choir of this magnificent edifice destroyed by an incendiary Feb 2nd 1829', inscribed in pen 'The incendiary was an insane brother of Martin the great painter'
10cm diameter
PROVENANCE
'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.
CATALOGUE NOTE
The fire, one of several in the Minster`s history, was started deliberately by a deranged man, Jonathan Martin, elder brother of the Romantic painter John Martin (1789-1854).