Lot 253

A SNUFF BOX
ALEXANDER GAIRDNER OF EDINBURGH, MID-19TH CENTURY




Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 12 August 2020 at 11:00 BST
£500
Description
maker's mark only, the rectangular box with all over engine turned decoration, the cover with presentation cartouche ‘A Friend of respect Mr Herman H Leslie’, the lid with chased thumbpiece, the gilt interior further engraved in script to inside cover ‘Presented by a few Friends in acknowledgement of his skill as an agriculturalist and his worth as a Man’
Dimensions
8.2cm wide, 4.6oz



