£320
A WILLIAM IV SILVER SNUFF BOX
probably by Thomas Shaw, London 1830, rectangular, the hinged cover with a presentation inscription within an engine-turned border and further moulded foliate edge, with waisted reeded sides, the base engine-turned with another moulded foliate edge, the interior gilded. 9.2cm wide, 5.2 troy ounces
Presentation inscription: PRESENTED / TO / Mr John Baird, / UNDERTAKER. / By the Inhabitants of Calton, / AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR HIS UNREMITTING ACTIVITY IN / Removing the dead during the period in which the Pestilance raged in this Burgh / Septr 1832. / A LEGACY BY THE LATE / Mr John Baird, / TO / William Russell. / FEBY 1836.
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