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903. A William IV silver ‘castle-top’ snuff box, Newstead Abbey, by Taylor and Perry, Birmingham 1835, rounded rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of the Abbey, engine-turned sides and base, in a fitted case, length 8.2cm, approx. weight 3.3oz. £400-600 Newstead Abbey was formerly the home of Lord Byron. Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 276. Alastair Dickenson Ltd. The property of the late Diana Keggie, Christie’s South Kensington, 30 November 2005, lot 4. Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2015, page 231.
904. A Victorian Scottish ‘Castle-top’ snuff box, Abbotsford House, by Alexander Graham Wighton, Edinburgh 1839, cartouche form, the hinged cover with a scene of the house within a landscape setting with fishermen in the foreground, and with a scroll border, the sides with chased foliate scroll decoration, gilded interior, the inside of the cover inscribed ‘Dr. William Bruce, from a sincere friend in grateful remembrance of his unremitting attention during a long and dangerous illness Smyrna, May 1840’, in a fitted case, length 8.5ccm, approx. weight 4.3oz. £1,000-1,500 It is likely that this box was exhibited by Wighton at the 1851 Great Exhibition, as was known as the Waverley snuff box. Abbotsford House was the home of the Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 278. Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2015, page 232. 905. A George III silver seal or skippet box, by William and Aaron Lestourgeon, London 1770, oval form, the pull-off cover engraved with the arms of Oxford University with foliate and Rococo mantling, moulded border, length 9cm, approx. weight 2.4oz. £700-900 Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 178. Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2015, page 160. 906. A George III silver snuff box, by Frederick Hentsche, London 1819, oblong oval section, with foliate scroll decoration, the hinged cover with a shell thumb-piece and with a glazed white portrait of William Shakespeare in profile, in a gold frame, the underside with initials, length 8.5cm, approx. weight 3.8oz. £600-800 Provenance: The Lion Collection, entry number 247. Illustrated and written up in Culme, J., British Silver Boxes,1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2015, page 160. Illustrated in Delieb, E., Silver Boxes, Antique Collector’s Club, 2002, page.113, pl178.
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