λ A GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX

λ A GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX

LONDON, C.1790

maker's mark only I.K, for James or John King, of oval form, the hinged cover set with a tortoiseshell panel, the underside initialled 'RLL' and dated '29 July 1816', 8.3cm long, together with a late 19th century Dutch box, of oval form, the hinged cover set with a carved mother-of-pearl panel of a maiden's head, 4.7cm long (2)

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House