24th May, 2011 10:00

Decorative Works of Art

 
Lot 178
 

178

A SILVER SNUFF BOX WITH TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED COVER SET WITH A WOLVERHAMPTON PITT CLUB MEDAL

A SILVER SNUFF BOX WITH TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED COVER SET WITH A WOLVERHAMPTON PITT CLUB MEDAL, THE BOX UNMARKED, ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER oval, the medal by P. Wyon, Birmingham, 1813, showing a profile of Pitt, the obverse with a scene after E. Birch RA of Pitt in a billowing toga seated on a rock clasping the Rudder of State with a Royal Navy ship in the background, plain box with moulded rims 11cm long

Sold for £280


 
A SILVER SNUFF BOX WITH TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED COVER SET WITH A WOLVERHAMPTON PITT CLUB MEDAL, THE BOX UNMARKED, ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER oval, the medal by P. Wyon, Birmingham, 1813, showing a profile of Pitt, the obverse with a scene after E. Birch RA of Pitt in a billowing toga seated on a rock clasping the Rudder of State with a Royal Navy ship in the background, plain box with moulded rims 11cm long