George V Sterling Cigarette Box Horse Crest

George V Sterling Cigarette Box with Horse Crest: 1896, London, George Neal & George Arthur Neal, rectangular cigarette box with the engraved crest of a horse, facing left surrounded by a chain, the interior lined in cedar wood and the base in maroon leather.

Dimensions are: 2 1/8 inches high X 5 inches wide X 3 1/4 inches deep. All dimensions are approximate.

Condition: Box is free of dents, breaks, or repairs.

Provenance: This item is part of the Slade family holdings of paintings, sterling silver and Chinese porcelain (see Oakridge Auction Gallery's March 14th auction, lots. 149 to lot. 155, which was a Chinese blanc de chine Dehua figurine of a robed Bodhidharma or Damo which sold for $416,000USD). The collection was assembled by several members of the family and then by descent to the present owner. The collection was begun by Henry Adolphus Warre Slade (1869 - 1936). He was a British businessman, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1908/09) and the Director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation between 1900 and 1902. The collection was added to by his sons, Royal Navy Commander Gerald Gordon Slade, who fought in both World Wars, and his brother Maurice Gordon Slade, pictured with his mother Beatrice Slade (photo not included). The Slade family hold peerage and are noted in Charles Mosley’s. “Burke's Peerage”.