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A SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
By Yap and Woodward, Birmingham, 1846
Shaped oblong, with engine-turned panels on the hinged cover, sides and base, the case engraved with the initials HH, the interior inscribed From his friend/Cipriani Potter in original fitted case
3in. (7.6cm.) long
It is likely that this box was a gift from the composer Cipriani Potter (1792-1871) to the celebrated viola player Henry Hill (1808-1856), son of the violin maker Henry Lockey Hill (1774-1835)
By Yap and Woodward, Birmingham, 1846
Shaped oblong, with engine-turned panels on the hinged cover, sides and base, the case engraved with the initials HH, the interior inscribed From his friend/Cipriani Potter in original fitted case
3in. (7.6cm.) long
It is likely that this box was a gift from the composer Cipriani Potter (1792-1871) to the celebrated viola player Henry Hill (1808-1856), son of the violin maker Henry Lockey Hill (1774-1835)