Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 26th October 2022 - 26th October 2022
Lot 557
A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box
Estimate £500 - £700
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Description
A Victorian silver-gilt snuff box,
by John Tongue, Birmingham 1938.
the hinged cover with a raised scene of two hounds coursing, in a landscape setting, foliate and scroll border, the sides and base with engraved lattice decoration, foliate thumb-piece, the underside inscribed 'F.LUNDI Newcastle on Tyne', length 7.2cm, approx. weight 2.9oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Shapiro, Grays Antiques Market, London, 21 November 1997.