A William IV silver table snuff box, Nathaniel Mills, Birmin...

Hammer

£540

A William IV silver table snuff box, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1838, of rectangular form with cushion sides, embossed foliate decoration, the cover inscribed 'Presented by the Parishioners of St Crux to Gylby Hairsine, overseer of that Parish as a slight memorial of the sense, which they entertain of the value of his faithful services, in the discharge of his public duty as a Trustee of Haughton's School December 1838', opening to reveal gilt interior, 10.5cm x 7.1cm, weight 7.83ozt