Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31 Oct 2023
A Victorian silver raised relief shooting snuff box,
A Victorian silver raised relief shooting snuff box,
by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1838,
rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of a mounted huntsman shooting game birds, with a hound at his feet, in a landscape setting, silver-gilt interior, foliate thumb-piece, reeded sides, engine-turned base, length 8.6cm, approx. weight 5.8oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Sotheby's London, 17 July 1997, lot 17.