MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1715

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A GEORGE I SILVER OVAL TOBACCO BOX
MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1715
With pull-off cover, base inscribed W*G to I*Q, I*Q to I.W 1763, I.W to T.S, side engraved H.F. PARSHALL, cover later engraved with coat of arms
3 ¾ in. long (9.7 cm.)
4 oz. (124 gm.)

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Lot Essay

The later arms are for Horace Field Parshall (1865-1932), a celebrated Anglo-American electrical engineer. The arms are taken from the frontispiece of his book "The Parshall family A.D 870-1913" published by Francis Edwards, London, 1915

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