£500
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky | 606
Auction: 12 August 2020 at 11:00 BST
of rectangular form, the hinged lid inlaid with specimen woods, bearing inscriptions THE VICTORY/ BUSH ABOON TRAQUAIR/ ELDERSLIE YEW/ OAK OF TORWOOD/ BIRK OF INVERMAE/ TRYSTING TREE/ BROOM OF COWDENKNOWES/ OAK OF ALLOWAY KIRK/ THORN ABOON THE WELL/ BIRK OF ABERFELDIE/ QUEEN MARY'S YEW, and bearing transfer print of Auld Lang Syne to the base, stamped maker's mark under lid D. CRAIG, HELENSBURGH
Note: Sir Walter Scott bought a similar box from Craig and presented it to King George IV on his visit to Scotland in 1822.