An early Victorian silver-gilt snuff box,

An early Victorian silver-gilt snuff box,
by John Linnit, London 1837,
rectangular form, with a raised scene of Mr Pickwick addressing the Pickwick Club, the sides and base with engraved foliate scroll decoration, the underside of the base with a crest, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 5.2oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.

The novel The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, was first published serially from 1836-1837, under the pseudonym Boz, and then in book form in 1837.