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    10 June 2008

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    • A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO-BOX
    Lot 3

    A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO-BOX

    APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720

    Price realised

    GBP 475

    Estimate

    GBP 700 - GBP 1,000

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    A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO-BOX
    APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720
    Oval and with moulded rim, the detachable cover engraved with a cypher below an earl's coronet
    3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
    4.5 oz. (140 gr.)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE OAKWOOD COLLECTION
    (Lots 1-106)

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