Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 20th April 2021
Lot 214
AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK 'YORK MINSTER' TOBACCO BOX
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £200
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK 'YORK MINSTER' TOBACCO BOX
DATED '1840'
presumably made from the remains of York Minster after the fire of 1840, with a part hinged lid with a silver plaque engraved with a view of the burning York Minster and dated 'May 20th 1840'
15.3cm wide
Provenance
'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.
Catalogue Note
The fire at York Minster on the 20th May 1840 was the second great fire at the Minster, the first was in 1829.