Lot 362

PERTH - a Scottish provincial mounted large cowrie shell snuff box,

Auction: 7 December 2005 at 12:00 GMT
£2,390
Description
circa 1800, maker William Ritchie, marked WR and double-headed eagle, the flat hinged cover finely bright engraved with chevron and prick-dot borders around the central foliate engraved oval, initialled MJ?
Dimensions
Length 10cm
Footnote
For a cowrie shell snuff box of similar quality by the same maker see 'A Private Collection of Scottish Silver', Lyon and Turnbull February 19th February 2004, lot 313
