LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gold

Measurements:

3.54 in. (9.00 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Markings:

the interior of the lid with presentation inscription dated 1840, maker's mark IGRC in a horizontal lozenge

Provenance:

The inscription reads:. Presented / by / the Queen Dowager / to / Richard Creed Esqr. / 1840. The letter reads: 'Marlboro' House. Septr 26th 1840 . Dear Sir. I am honoured with the Queen Dowager's Commands to transmit to you the accompanying Gold Snuff Box, which Her Majesty has been pleased to present to you as a testimony of the satisfaction which Her Majesty has experienced from your unremitting attentions.' . Richard Creed, a banker, was secretary of the London & Birmingham Railway Company at the time of the presentation, providing special trains for the Queen Dowager and her suite whenever she travelled from Euston where the company was based. He died, aged 88, in 1867