Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021
Lot 754
A George III silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £950
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Description
A George III silver-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box,
unmarked, circa 1800-1820,
rectangular form, reeded mounts, the hinged cover carved with an armorial within foliate mantling, the inside of the cover with a crowned cipher, the carved Chinese sides with foliate decoration, length 7.2cm.
Provenance: purchased from Gorringes, Lewes, The Denys Cowell Collection, 25 October 2002, lot 669.
Worthing Auction Galleries, March 1987, lot 108.