A COLLECTION OF FIVE SCOTTISH SNUFF BOXES
CHARLES STIVEN AND OTHERS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£875
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
comprising a rectangular box with a pen drawing of a tavern scene with an inscription of a Burns' poem HERE ARE WE MET, THREE MERRY BOYS, THREE MERRY BOYS I TROW ARE WE, and the remainder of the box with a characteristic thistle design, bears maker's stamp C. STIVEN/ LAU*KIRK, 8cm across; a rectangular amboyna wood box, bears maker's stamp SMITH/ MAUCHLINE/ MANUFACTURERS, 8cm across; a box with a pen drawing of women milking cows in a landscape, 8cm; a tartan ware box, bears maker's stamp J&G MCKIE/ AUCHINLECK, 8cm across; a rectangular rosewood box, bearing maker's stamp W&G MILNE/ LAU-KIRK, 9.5cm across (5)
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection