A REGENCY TREEN SNUFF BOX
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
of circular outline, the lid carved with a depiction of Mary Queen of Scots' execution, engraved ‘Fotheringay 7 Febry, 1587’, the interior of the lid with applied note ‘Made from an Oriental Plant, which was brought when a plant from France, by Mary Queen of Scotts and planted by her in the garden of Holyrood House, 1561, blown down, 1817’
Dimensions
9cm diameter