Lot 61
CHINESE TORTOISESHELL 'ARMORIAL' RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 玳瑁雕庭院人物紋章帶蓋長方盒
the cover elaborately carved with figures in garden setting within pagodas and pine trees, the base similarly decorated, the centre further carved with a British armorial crest and motto ‘True To The End’
Dimensions
9.3cm wide; 121g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Dalkeith, Midlothian; The box contains several personal handwritten notes, one dated 26 March 1828, transcribed as follows: “My dear (C…?), May I request you will do one the favour to accept of the accompanying snuff box as a token of remembrance from your most sincere and obliged friend. Eliyas Brydon, (Poonak?) East Indies, March 26th 1828”
蘇格蘭私人收藏，中洛錫安達爾基斯；內含手寫私籤，釋義如下：「親愛的（C…？），容我懇請您收下隨附的鼻煙盒，聊作一份紀念，以表來自您最真誠並感激的友人之情。Eliyas Brydon敬上。（Poonak?）東印度，1828年3月26日。」