A GEORGE III 18-CARAT GOLD ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX
A GEORGE III 18-CARAT GOLD ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX

MARK OF A.J. STRACHAN, LONDON, 1803

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A GEORGE III 18-CARAT GOLD ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX
MARK OF A.J. STRACHAN, LONDON, 1803
Oblong with slightly incurved sides, interior of cover later inscribed From George Montagu and Harriet Sydney, Duke and Duchess of Manchester to their father Conway Richard Dobbs, 1853
3 1/8 in. long (8 cm.)
4¼ oz. (132 gm.)

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Conway Richard Dobbs (1795-1886) was M.P. for Carrickfergus in 1832 and High Sheriff of County Antrim in 1841; he lived at Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim.

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