Snuffbox
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1735
Materials
Silver gilt snuff box formed into a ship hull.
Measurements
35 x 90 x 47 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517528
Summary
Silver gilt snuff box formed as the hull of a ship, mask at the prow, sides chased with cannon and diaperwork, lid with panel of shells. Louis XV c.1735.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.