MAKER'S MARKS OF NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1848
Details
A Victorian silver presentation silver snuff box
maker's marks of Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1848
Large shaped oblong with incurved sides, the hinged cover engraved with a plough and presentation inscription, split and with old soldered repairs
3½in. (9cm) wide
maker's marks of Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1848
Large shaped oblong with incurved sides, the hinged cover engraved with a plough and presentation inscription, split and with old soldered repairs
3½in. (9cm) wide
Engraved
The inscription reads 'Presented to Mr James Finlayson, Farmer Pndreich.... for the Ingenuity of adding a wheel to the plough, in reducing the manual labour of that implement, April 1855'