Lot 268 , A circular turned oak snuff box and a rectangular lacquered snuff box,

A circular turned oak snuff box and a rectangular lacquered snuff box, the oak example reputedly made from timber from the frigate HMS Shannon, which captured the USS Chesapeake during the Battle of Boston Harbour on 1st June 1813 (with old hand-written provenance)
Estimate £40-60


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Sold for £100