A QUEEN ANNE SILVER AND OAK SNUFF BOX OF HISTORICAL INTEREST

CIRCA 1710

Details

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER AND OAK SNUFF BOX OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
CIRCA 1710
Oval, the hinged cover set with an oak panel mounted with an engraved scene of the Royal Oak at Boscobel, with a portrait of Charles II hidden in the leaves, with soldiers on horseback below, with motto SACRA QUERCUS JOVI, the interior gilt, apparently unmarked
3 ¼ in. (82 mm.) long

Provenance

An Iberian Private Collection, Christie’s London, 9 December 2011, lot 472

Brought to you by

Nick Dinerstein

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

ndinerstein@christies.com 212 636 2250

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

Boscobel oak snuff boxes were produced between 1690 and 1730, and decpicted Cromwell’s men searching for Charles II, who lay hidden in an oak tree in Boscobel Wood, following the final conflict of the Civil War, at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

More from Russian Works of Art, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu

View All