SILVER SNUFF BOX, CARD CASE, SNUFF BOX
SILVER SNUFF BOX, CARD CASE, SNUFF BOX
AN 18TH CENTURY BARREL-SHAPED NUTMEG GRATER, engraved
with bands of quatrefoils on а chequered ground between
horizontal staves, l/sin. high, apparently unmarked, circa 1800
(grater zvanting); and an ovoid example, threaded to reveal
a steel grater, PMn. long, struck zvith tnaker s mark DF only, circa 1800.
А WILLIAM IV OBLONG SNUFF BOX, engine turned
within florai borders, the lid centred by an
initialled and crested cartouche, reeded sides and
gilt interior, 3in., by Nathaniel Mills,
Birmingham, 1830.
A GEORGE IV OBLONG SNUFF BOX, the lid and
sides engine turned, the lid centred by an applied
plaque featuring an equestrian scene within
bound reeded borders, shell and foliate snap and
gilt interior, 23, marked on base and lid,
makers mark IWG, London, 1829.
A GEORGE III OBLONG SNUFF BOX, engine turned,
the lid inset with a compass, reeded sides and gilt
interior, 3in., by William Ellerby, London,
1815.
A GEORGE III OBLONG SNUFF BOX,
pricked with trailing leaves and tendrils
on a wriggleworked ground, flush hinged lid and gilt interior,
marked on base and lid, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1809.
A William IV oblong Snuff Box, engine turned, the lid centred
by a vacant cartouche, reeded sides and florai snap, gilt
interior, 23/sin., marked on base and lid, by William
Phillips, Birmingham, apparently 1836.
A WlLLIAM IV SILVER-GILT RECTANGULAR CARD
CASE, chased with scrolling foliage, flowers and
birds on a matted ground incorporating two
initialled cartouches, the sides with foliate
arabesques, 33 long, by Joseph Willmore, Bir-
mingham, 1834.
A CARD CASE, cast and chased in relief on one side
with Windsor Castle and applied with a shield
engraved with a crest on the other, otherwise
engine turned within reeded borders, 33 long,
by Gervase Wheeler, Birmingham, 1839.
A GEORGE III OBLONG CONCAVE SNUFF BOX,
bright cut with quatrefoils on a pricked ground,
the flush hinged lid centred by a vavant cartouche, the
sides pricked with a band of interlaced ovals, gilt interior,
25/mn., marked on base and lid, by John Shazv, Birmingham, 1808.
A George III oblong Snuff Box, entirely lobed, with flush
hinged lid, the gilt interior engraved with a presentation
inscription, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1809.