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  • Gold and Agate Snuff Box Belonging to Anne, First Duchess of Buccleuch
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670. Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith. The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...
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  • Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of War Work Model of Italian Cruiser 'Zara'
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of war work model of Italian heavy cruiser 'Zara' with finely detailed superstructure and armament in a cedar and pine glazed c...
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    Vintage 1940s English Models and Miniatures

  • Meiji Period Cloisonné Box
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A Meiji period cloisonné box, of rectangular form decorated with s single branch of blossom on a sky blue ground, with silvered rims and textile lining, Japanese, circa 1910.    
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    Vintage 1910s Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

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    Metal

  • A Large Edwardian Copper-Bound Teak Log Box
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A large Edwardian copper-bound teak log box, the square section container with rounded corners, flanged rim and foot and encircled by four copper bands, the ti...
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    Vintage 1910s English Decorative Boxes

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    Teak

  • Small Meiji Period Mixed Metal Box by Tadakazu
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A small Meiji period mixed metal box by Tadakazu, of rectangular form, showing a figure carrying a long pole and a gold sack in a landscape with a torii gate...
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    Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

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  • A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box, the hinged lid with a dainty basket suspended from a bow with long ribbons entwined with flowering tendrils, ...
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    Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes

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  • German Porcelain Snuff Box
    Located in New Orleans, LA
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  • Silver musical snuff box
    Located in Zonhoven, BE
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