BY NATHANIEL MILLS, MARKED, BIRMINGHAM, 1844
Details
A VICTORIAN GOLD AND HARDSTONE TABLE SNUFF-BOX
by Nathaniel Mills, marked, Birmingham, 1844
Large elongated oval box, the cover and base of semi-translucent grey agate with fish-shaped inclusions, within scalloped gold mounts, the slightly concave sides engraved with scrolling foliage on a horizontally reeded engine-turned ground, foliate dye-stamped thumbpiece, the cartouche on the front side of the base engraved 'Given to the 7..th Duke, by Henry Howard Esq..re of Greystoke'
56 in. (129 mm. wide)
by Nathaniel Mills, marked, Birmingham, 1844
Large elongated oval box, the cover and base of semi-translucent grey agate with fish-shaped inclusions, within scalloped gold mounts, the slightly concave sides engraved with scrolling foliage on a horizontally reeded engine-turned ground, foliate dye-stamped thumbpiece, the cartouche on the front side of the base engraved 'Given to the 7..
56 in. (129 mm. wide)
Provenance
Henry, 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792-1853).
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.