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A GEORGE IV SILVER SNUFF BOX OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
BIRMINGHAM, 1831, MAKER'S MARK OF NATHANIEL MILLS
Obong, with waisted sides, the base, sides and hinged cover engine-turned, the cover with rectangular plaque engraved Audubon, with foliate scroll thumbpiece, marked--3 3/8in. long
(2 oz. 10 dwt.)
BIRMINGHAM, 1831, MAKER'S MARK OF NATHANIEL MILLS
Obong, with waisted sides, the base, sides and hinged cover engine-turned, the cover with rectangular plaque engraved Audubon, with foliate scroll thumbpiece, marked--3 3/8in. long
(2 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
John James Audubon (1785-1851) artist and naturalist.
George Burgess, executor of the wills of Victor G. Audubon, 1854, and John W. Audubon, 1853 sons of J.J. Audubon; thence by descent to:
Thomas F. Burgess, Scarsdale, New York.
George Burgess, executor of the wills of Victor G. Audubon, 1854, and John W. Audubon, 1853 sons of J.J. Audubon; thence by descent to:
Thomas F. Burgess, Scarsdale, New York.
Exhibited
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1938, lent by Mrs. Thomas F. Burgess.