Lot 539
Lot 539
A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO BOX AND COVER

MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, 1715

Price Realised USD 1,750
Estimate
USD 800 - USD 1,200
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A GEORGE I SILVER TOBACCO BOX AND COVER

MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, 1715

Price Realised USD 1,750
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Price Realised USD 1,750
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Details
Oval with a lift-off cover, the stepped cover engraved with a later coat-of-arms in a shield, the underside of cover engraved with initials S * S, marked to side near rim, underside of cover with lion's head erased
378 in. (10 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 1985.
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Lot Essay

The coat-of-arms are those of Legrand, possibly for George Legrand (1729-1807), a surgeon and apothecary, of Burgate, Canterbury, Kent.

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