Lot 292
A Victorian presentation table snuff box
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by Nathaniel Mills of Birmingham 1852-1853, of rectangular outline with deeply cast and chased applied border of shell, scroll and acorn design, the central cartouche with engraved crests and presentation inscription, the sides with similarly applied borders, the base with engine turned decoration and raised on shell 'feet'
Dimensions
12cm x 8cm x 4cm, 11.1oz
Footnote
Notes: The presentation inscription to the lid reads:
Presented to The Most Noble The Marquess of Breadalbane by the
inhabitants of Dunse in connection with an address and tablet
April 1862
The crest is for KINCAID or MACDONALD.
To the right the arms of John Campbell, KT, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane.
A prominent free churchman in the disruption controversy, Lord Breadalbane entertained Queen Victoria at Taymouth Castle, Perthshire 1842 and as Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia in 1861 he conveyed the Order of the Garter to the Prussian King William (afterwards German Emperor).
The Marquess of Breadalbane was a great collector and enthusiast of silver and in particular Scottish silver. He must be considered to be the first serious scholar and collector of Scottish silver and had a great interest in odd an unusual marks including provincial.
Many of the items in his collection carry his incuse 'Breadalbane' collectors mark. The majority of his silver was sold by auction within the contents of Taymouth castle in 1922