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A George IV Wood and Silver Snuff Box

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Silver Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
A George IV Wood and Silver Snuff Box
<B>A George IV Wood and Silver Snuff Box</B></I><BR><BR>Peter Arthur, Glasgow, Scotland<BR>1824-25<BR>Wood, silver and silver gilt<BR>Marks: (lion rampant), (three fish and bell), (monarch profile), <I>P.A., F</B></I><BR>3.12 in. long<BR><BR>The plain wood plaques set within a silver frame, the top mounted with a silver plaque. The interior of top mounted with a silver gilt plaque engraved: <I>Let half starv'd slaves in warmer skies, See future wines, rich-clustring rise; Their lot auld SCOTLAND ne'er envies, But blythe and frisky, She eyes her freeborn martial boys, Tak aff their Whisky.</B></I> Interior of frame silver gilt.<BR>