Lot Essay
James Sandy (d. 1819), a legless cripple, was credited with the invention of the integral wood hinge also made by Charles Striven of Laurencekirk
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A Laurencekirk snuff box
with one-piece comb movement, No.868, playing two airs, in burr wood case with wood hinge and tortoiseshell banding and interior lining --3 5/8in. (9.4cm.) wide, the cylinder 2¼in. (5.8cm), the base signed in pencil with a cypher possibly for James Sandy
with one-piece comb movement, No.868, playing two airs, in burr wood case with wood hinge and tortoiseshell banding and interior lining --3 5/8in. (9.4cm.) wide, the cylinder 2¼in. (5.8cm), the base signed in pencil with a cypher possibly for James Sandy