A GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF- BOX

Lot 122
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£ 8 820
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Lot 122 | A GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF- BOX
Valeur estimée
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF- BOX

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.
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