£230
An 18th century tortoiseshell and gold piqué snuff box the oval lid inlaid with a town and seascape with boats, birds, insects and sun rising in the background, simple foliate inlay to base, 9 x 7cm, typed card within, With Best Wishes from Queen Mary, ("Xmas 1950" in later biro). Provenance: By descent from vendor's grandfather, Sir Owen Morshead, Royal Librarian, 1926-1958.
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