Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31st October 2023

Lot 1692

A Victorian silver raised relief shooting snuff box,

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £819

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Description

A Victorian silver raised relief shooting snuff box,
by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1838,
rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of a mounted huntsman shooting game birds, with a hound at his feet, in a landscape setting, silver-gilt interior, foliate thumb-piece, reeded sides, engine-turned base, length 8.6cm, approx. weight 5.8oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Sotheby's London, 17 July 1997, lot 17.