Lot 711

A GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX (2)

Coleridge Collection, London, 1805
with an unusual hinged lid, the inner rim inscribed 'NL PL', 8cm wide; Together with another similar example, indistinctly marked to the inner rim 9.5cm, both with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ labels

Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer price: £550
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance

The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection

The second box: Acquired from Christie’s, South Kensington, 14 May 1996, part lot 249. 

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