An 18th century Continental silver gilt snuff box
Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£1,125
Description
apparently unmarked, of scalloped shaped outline, the straight sides with chased floral and scroll decoration, the hinged cover with scroll formed border with a country scene of three figures in a landscape
Dimensions
7.5cm wide, 3.3oz
Footnote
Provenance:
Gifted by Prince Charles Edward Stuart
to Provost Hind Smith L.P of Glasgow
by descent
Mr Fairburn (descendant of Provost Aird Smith)
sold privately by Mrs Fairburn (widow of above) c1881
to Stirling family, Kippenross Dunblane
by direct descent