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PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1720
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A GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1720
oval box, the hinged cover engraved with a coat-of-arms, the interior with an additional hinged lid, creating a secret compartment, polished gold sides and base with reeded borders, in later fitted green leather case stamped 'Garrard & Co. Ltd.'
3 3/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
4 oz. (137 gr.)
The arms are those of Lockwood quartering Cutts almost certainly for Richard Lockwood M.P. (1672-1756), of Dewes Hall, Co. Essex and Gayton, Co. Northampton. He was the son of Richard Lockwood M.P. and Susannah, daughter and sole heir of Edward Cutts. He married Matilda, sister of Sir Thomas Vernon of Sudbury, in 1711. (2)
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1720
oval box, the hinged cover engraved with a coat-of-arms, the interior with an additional hinged lid, creating a secret compartment, polished gold sides and base with reeded borders, in later fitted green leather case stamped 'Garrard & Co. Ltd.'
3 3/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
4 oz. (137 gr.)
The arms are those of Lockwood quartering Cutts almost certainly for Richard Lockwood M.P. (1672-1756), of Dewes Hall, Co. Essex and Gayton, Co. Northampton. He was the son of Richard Lockwood M.P. and Susannah, daughter and sole heir of Edward Cutts. He married Matilda, sister of Sir Thomas Vernon of Sudbury, in 1711. (2)
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