EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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OF WATERLOO INTEREST: A CHINESE EXPORT CARVED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Overall carved with traditional scenes of figures in landscapes, the cover depicting two soldiers of the 92nd Highlanders flanking the arms of Cameron, Baronet of Fassiefern Co. Argyll, together with the crest of honourable augmentation granted to Col. Cameron, together with a small piece of paper with ink inscription reading 'This box was given me by my Late friend William Harding of ... ... about 1815'
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The arms honour and commemorate the military activities of Colonel John Cameron (1771-1815), who commanded a battalion of the 92nd Regiment, later to be known as the Gordon Highlanders, but was killed at Quatre Bras on the march out of Brussels in the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. In recognition of his services Col. John Cameron’s father, Sir Ewen Cameron (d.1828), was created the 1st Baronet of Fassiefern, co. Argyll in 1817, with the title passing to his second son, Sir Duncan Cameron, 2nd Baronet of Fassiefern. The title was extinct by 1863. Please see www.christies.com for further information.

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