Silver, Gold & Objects of Vertu - Day One - 21st October 2025
Lot 433
An early-Victorian silver-gilt and hard stone snuff box,
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1905
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Description
An early-Victorian silver-gilt and hard stone snuff box,
by James Nasmyth and Co., Edinburgh 1841,
rounded rectangular form, engine-turned sides and base, the front with a vacant cartouche, the hinged cover inlaid with chequered agates, foliate scroll thumbpiece, length 8.9cm, approx. total gross weight 3oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 12 October 1993, lot 52.