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BY ALEXANDER JAMES STRACHAN (FL. 1799 - C. 1850), MARKED, WITH THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1821, THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK 1756-1821, THE LONDON DATE LETTER 1809/1810, THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CT. GOLD AND THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CT. GOLD 1798-1974
Details
A GEORGE III GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Alexander James Strachan (fl. 1799 - c. 1850), marked, with the English duty mark for gold 1798-1821, the London assay office mark 1756-1821, the London date letter 1809/1810, the English post-1798 standard mark for 18 ct. gold and the English standard mark for 18 ct. gold 1798-1974
Rectangular gold box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of engine-turned horizontal wavy lines, burnished edges, slightly raised plain thumbpiece
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
5½ oz. (156 gr.)
by Alexander James Strachan (fl. 1799 - c. 1850), marked, with the English duty mark for gold 1798-1821, the London assay office mark 1756-1821, the London date letter 1809/1810, the English post-1798 standard mark for 18 ct. gold and the English standard mark for 18 ct. gold 1798-1974
Rectangular gold box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of engine-turned horizontal wavy lines, burnished edges, slightly raised plain thumbpiece
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
5½ oz. (156 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 May 1978, lot 17.