A CHARLES II GOLD TOBACCO-BOX

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Lot 193 | A CHARLES II GOLD TOBACCO-BOX
A CHARLES II GOLD TOBACCO-BOX

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LONDON, CIRCA 1675

Plain oval, the cover applied with a portrait bust of King Charles I facing left within a plain band engraved with the motto 'VIVAT REX CURRAT LEX FLORET GREX' below by a Royal crown supported by two winged putti and with sun in splendour above and the inscription 'VIDEO', the outer border further pierced and engraved with the emblems of France, England and Scotland and scrolling foliage

3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long

4 oz. 3 dwt. (130 gr.)

The motto translates as 'The King lives, the law guides, the flock prospers' and 'I see'.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 October 1988, lot 371.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 June 2003, lot 84.



Literature

C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, pp. 276-277, cat. no. 92.



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