Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A William IV presentation silver table snuff box,
by The Barnards, London 1834,
rectangular form, the front inscribed 'Presented to the Revd. Charles Sitchfield Swainson B.D. By the congregation of St. Mary's Church Edgehill near Liverpool, as a small memorial of grateful regard and affectionate earnestness and simplicity with which as a servant of the Lord, gentle unto all men and in the spirit of love of a sound mind, he laboured among them for twelve years on his ministerial office, Liverpool 15 Aug. 1834', the pull-off cover mounted with a model of the church, the interior with two compartments and two pull-off unmarked covers, on four bun feet, length 12.8cm, approx. weight 19.2oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Christie's, South Kensington 7 October 2007, lot 86.