AN OBLONG ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, the cover with a plaque engraved 'KAMEHAMEHA IVTH - TO - E. SHELLEY', the thumbpiece chased with floral scrolls and shells, circa 1860

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AN OBLONG ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, the cover with a plaque engraved 'KAMEHAMEHA IVTH - TO - E. SHELLEY', the thumbpiece chased with floral scrolls and shells, circa 1860
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long

Lot Essay

Kamehameha IVth, King of Hawaii, was born 4th February 1834 and succeded his uncle, Kamehameha III, on his death on 5th December 1854. He had one son, Albert Edward Kaukeaoulipto Keliimaikai, born in 1858, to whom Queen Victoria was Godmother. However, the child died in 1862 and Kamehameha IVth died of grief the following year and was succeded by his brother, Lot, as Kamehameha Vth.

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