MARK OF JOSEPH WILLMORE, BIRMINGHAM, 1812
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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX
MARK OF JOSEPH WILLMORE, BIRMINGHAM, 1812
Cover chased in low relief with Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon, oak leaf border & reeded sides & base, a smaller engraved snuff box by Cocks & Bettridge, Birmingham, 1814, an engine-turned vinaigrette with raised floral border by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1836 & a handbag vinaigrette inscribed Forget Me Not by Gervase Wheeler, Birmingham, 1837
First box 2¾ in. long (7.2 cm.)
4.75 oz. (132 gm.) (4)
MARK OF JOSEPH WILLMORE, BIRMINGHAM, 1812
Cover chased in low relief with Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon, oak leaf border & reeded sides & base, a smaller engraved snuff box by Cocks & Bettridge, Birmingham, 1814, an engine-turned vinaigrette with raised floral border by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1836 & a handbag vinaigrette inscribed Forget Me Not by Gervase Wheeler, Birmingham, 1837
First box 2¾ in. long (7.2 cm.)
4.75 oz. (132 gm.) (4)
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