Lot 16
16
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX

Details
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN REILY, LONDON, 1809

Rectangular, the base, sides and hinged cover engine-turned, the cover applied with the stern of a British battle ship and engraved with the Royal arms, marked on interior base and cover
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long

Lot Essay

Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar in 1805 inspired a number of silver commemorative objects. A snuff-box with a portrait of Nelson's colleague, Admiral Lord Collingwood, also dated 1809, is illustrated in Eric Delieb, Investing in Silver, 1967, p.113. It is likely that the ship depicted on the present box is Nelson's ship The Victory.