Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020

Lot 903

A William IV silver 'castle-top' snuff box

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A William IV silver 'castle-top' snuff box, Newstead Abbey,

by Taylor and Perry, Birmingham 1835,

rounded rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of the Abbey, engine-turned sides and base, in a fitted case, length 8.2cm, approx. weight 3.3oz.

Newstead Abbey was formerly the home of Lord Byron.

Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 276.

Alastair Dickenson Ltd.

The property of the late Diana Keggie, Christie's South Kensington, 30 November 2005, lot 4.

Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors' Club, 2015, page 231.