Two Victorian brass tobacco tavern boxes

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Two Victorian brass tobacco tavern boxes
One with aperture for coin to the cover
10in. (25.4cm.) wide
A brass spot hammered tobacco jar, the cover surmounted with a miniature pipe, another similar copper jar, a pewter jar with underside stamped DIXON & SONS SHEFFIELD 127 and a lacquered wood jar (6)

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Peter Hornsby, Collecting Antique Copper and Brass, Mooreland Publishing Co. Ltd., 1989. A related tavern box is illustrated (see page 248, fig. 569.), dated circa 1840.

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