£75
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SILVER SNUFF BOX of Prisoner of War interest. London 1814. 65.9 grams. 7 cm x 3.75 cm. Note: Inscribed to the interior 'Sint Eustatius Captured 1781, prize money paid 1819'. The Capture of Sint Eustatius took place in February 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War when British army and naval forces under Lieutenant-General Sir John Vaughan and Admiral George Rodney seized the Dutch-owned Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. The capture was controversial in Britain, as it was alleged that Vaughan and Rodney had used the opportunity to enrich themselves and had neglected more important military duties. The island was subsequently taken by Dutch-allied French forces in late 1781, ending the British occupation.
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