Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 31st January 2024
Lot 614
An early Victorian silver-gilt snuff box,
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £9450
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Description
An early Victorian silver-gilt snuff box,
by John Linnit, London 1837,
rectangular form, with a raised scene of Mr Pickwick addressing the Pickwick Club, the sides and base with engraved foliate scroll decoration, the underside of the base with a crest, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 5.2oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
The novel The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, was first published serially from 1836-1837, under the pseudonym Boz, and then in book form in 1837.