ID 992617
Los 20 | A VICTORIAN GOLD-MOUNTED AND HARDSTONE COMMEMORATIVE SNUFF-BOX
Schätzwert
£ 7 000 – 10 000
LONDON, CIRCA 1837
Rectangular, with concave lapis-lazuli sides, base and lid, the lid set with gold Coronation medal of King William IV dated 1831 struck with profile portraits of the king and his consort, Queen Adelaide, the second with profile of Victoria, the reverse with an allegorical coronation scene, both under glass and each within laurel frames, plain gold mounts and lining with applied shell and scroll thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
gross weight 9 oz. 4 dwt. (287 gr.)
One medal is struck with WILLIAM THE FOURTH CROWNED SEPT 8 1831 / W. WYON and ADELAIDS QUEEN CONSORT CROWNED SEPT 8 1831 / W. WYON on the reverse; the other with VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F. D. / B . P and on the reverse ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM / INAUGURATA / DIE JUNII XXVIII / MDCCCXXXVIII.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 13 May 1991, lot 11.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Material: | Gold, Stein |
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| Material: | Gold, Stein |
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| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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