TWO SILVER-MOUNTED SHELL SNUFF BOXES
TWO SILVER-MOUNTED SHELL SNUFF BOXES

THE FIRST MARK OF ID, POSSIBLY FOR JOHN DAVID, PHILADELPHIA, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE SECOND CIRCA 1832

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TWO SILVER-MOUNTED SHELL SNUFF BOXES
THE FIRST MARK OF ID, POSSIBLY FOR JOHN DAVID, PHILADELPHIA, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE SECOND CIRCA 1832
Each cowrie shell with silver mounts, and silver hinged cover, the first engraved JH or JM, the second engraved J. Thayer, 2d. Newark NY, 1832, the first marked under cover, the second apparently unmarked
The first 2¾ in. long, the second 2 7/8 in. long (2)