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Fri, Jan 25, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 133

Eight Fine Brass Snuff, Tobacco Boxes

Estimate: $400 - $700

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

British, 18th/19th century, most engraved, comprising: one nautilus form with shell decorated exterior, 1-1/2 in.; one kidney form, engraved "Woolsey" with an incised portrait of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (British, 1473-1530), 3-5/8 in.; three demi-ovoid form, including one with gadrooned decoration, engraved verso "JG/1780", 2-1/2 in.; two similar with incised floral decoration, one engraved "Charles Oglebey/Nov 1st 94", 3 in.; one engraved "1883/ J.James,/Little Pinick/Golant/A Present/from/Chatham", 3-1/8 in.; one circular, engraved "JAs Warburto/Louth,/1816.", 2-7/8 in.; together with two circular burlwood, each tortoise interior, brass plaque, one with embossed floral decoration; one with embossed Napoleonic bust, marked "EMPEREUR./NAPOLEON", each 2-1/8 in.

Condition

good condition, all with typical wear, abrasions, dents, one (JG/1780) with loose closure; two with cracks in burlwood (as made); one with lifting, break at tortoise shell

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