A VICTORIAN SILVER GILT RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX, BARNEY BARNETT OF HULL, BIRMINGHAM 1881

A VICTORIAN SILVER GILT RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOXBARNEY BARNETT OF HULL, BIRMINGHAM 1881With chased floral and shell borders, engine turned decoration, engraved with a crest and motto, the interior engraved 'To. J. Buckingham Pope, member of the committee of Promotion of Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company. This box containing a portion of the First Sod of the undertaking turned on 15th Jan. 1881 is presented by Lieut. Col. Gerrard Smith J. P. Chairman of the Company'7.5cm long190g (6.1 oz)Provenance:From the Collection of Sir William and Lady McAlpine

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