RAILWAY INTEREST:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX...

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RAILWAY INTEREST:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX...

Selected Silver & Russian Works of Art
30.11.2007

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RAILWAY INTEREST:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX...

Selected Silver & Russian Works of Art
30.11.2007

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RAILWAY INTEREST:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX
MARK OF NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1837
RAILWAY INTEREST:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX, MARK OF NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1837, Oblong with raised, engine-turned border & shell corners, floral-chased sides with engine-turned panels & base, cover decorated in high relief with a roundhouse or engine shed & two large chimneys behind, gilt interior inscribed "To Francis Forster Esqr. Assistant Engineer on The London & Birmingham Railway, presented by the whole of his assistantson the Coventry District & Kilsby Tunnel, as a tribute of their sincere respect for his talents as an Engineer & affectionate esteem for his character as a man, May 19. 1838, Lieut.Lecount R.N., I.Brunton, W.Budge, C.Lean, R.B.Dockray, A.Fowler, B.L.Dickenson, W.Carter, W.Harding, I.A.Wilson, S.Meek, P.Bourne, M.Montealegre" , 4 in. long (10.3 cm.), 9 oz.