Box
John Obrisset (fl.1705-1728).
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Tobacco box made of horn.
Measurements
29 x 100 x 79 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517530
Summary
Oval pressed horn tobacco box, lid pressed with equestrian portrait of Charles I with Royal coat-of-arms below. 'Carolus D.G. Anglia, Scotia, Hibernia Rex'. George I by Jean Obrisset, signed O.B. Londoni fecit.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Marks and inscriptions
O.B. Londoni fecit
Makers and roles
John Obrisset (fl.1705-1728).