Lot Essay
Harperley Park was the seat of the Wilkinson family near the village of Fir Tree in the Wear Valley, Co.Durham.
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MARK OF J.CRICHTON, EDINBURGH, 1858
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A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER PRESENTATION TABLE SNUFF BOX
MARK OF J.CRICHTON, EDINBURGH, 1858
Oblong, engraved with flowers and foliate scrolls, gilt interior, the cover set with an earlier Chinese Export carved mother-of-pearl panel depicting Leda and her twins Pollus and Helen, corners applied with a garnet flower, a malachite shamrock sprig, a paste and chalcedony thistle and a carnelian pagoda, base inscribed This snuff box of Chinese manufacture, re-mounted in 1859 by Messrs. Lister, was presented to my half-brother, Captain William Wilkinson of the Columbian Navy. He early fell by the sword, while gallantly fighting in the War of Independence waged by the South-American states; having gone out in the command of the "Cumberland" East Indiaman, converted, in the Chilian service, into the "San Martin" of 56 guns. George Hutton Wilkinson, Harperley Park, 1859
4¼ in. (11 cm.) x 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
MARK OF J.CRICHTON, EDINBURGH, 1858
Oblong, engraved with flowers and foliate scrolls, gilt interior, the cover set with an earlier Chinese Export carved mother-of-pearl panel depicting Leda and her twins Pollus and Helen, corners applied with a garnet flower, a malachite shamrock sprig, a paste and chalcedony thistle and a carnelian pagoda, base inscribed This snuff box of Chinese manufacture, re-mounted in 1859 by Messrs. Lister, was presented to my half-brother, Captain William Wilkinson of the Columbian Navy. He early fell by the sword, while gallantly fighting in the War of Independence waged by the South-American states; having gone out in the command of the "Cumberland" East Indiaman, converted, in the Chilian service, into the "San Martin" of 56 guns. George Hutton Wilkinson, Harperley Park, 1859
4¼ in. (11 cm.) x 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
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