Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 39
A RARE 17TH CENTURY STEEL SNUFF BOX C.1670-80 the hinged lid finely engraved with a leopard
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
A RARE 17TH CENTURY STEEL SNUFF BOX
C.1670-80
the hinged lid finely engraved with a leopard, a mythical beast and a bird amidst scrolling foliage, the body with moulded bands and with a shaped hinge
8.2cm wide
Provenance
'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.
Catalogue Note
The symbolism on this snuff box possibly relates to the Boscobel Oak story when the young Charles II escaped from the Roundheads following the battle of Worcester.