ID 992547
Lot 122 | A GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF- BOX
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
LONDON, CIRCA 1715-1720
Oblong, the cover finely chased with a cypher EV below an earl's coronet on a sablé ground framed by a scrolling foliate border, the sides and base of polished gold with reeded border
2 7/8 in. (76 mm.) high
4 oz. 9 dwt. (139 gr.)
Provenance
Henry Hill or his brother Sidney Hill, The Berry-Hill Gallery, New York, by 1953.
Sotheby's, London, Private Treaty Sale, 13 May 1997.
Literature
H. and S. Berry-Hill, Antique Gold Boxes, New York, 1953, p. 96, fig. 59.
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.
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cans and snuffboxes, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cans and snuffboxes, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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