Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 5th October 2021

Lot 357

A Victorian presentation silver snuff box

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

A Victorian presentation silver snuff box,

by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1847,

rectangular form, engraved foliate scroll decoration, the interior of the cover inscribed 'Presented to Mr John Patterson, Late Land Steward Dunse Castle, by The Workmen upon that Estate as a mark of their Esteem, July 1951', length 8cm, plus another snuff box by the same maker, Birmingham 1850, approx. total weight 5.4oz. (2)

Provenance:

Purchased from Dreweatt, Watson and Barton, Newbury 25 October 1983, lot 301 and 302.