
Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium
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Provenance:
The will of Benjamin Chapman, Dawlish 1850, leaves to his nephew, Benjamin Chapman Browne, '...the tortoiseshell Snuff box lined with gold voted to me by the regimental mess.'
Thence by descent through the Browne and Orde families.
Inscribed inside the box the nicknames in nine segments as follows:
Prince Pancration, Baron Mecklenburgh
Prince Eugene, Young Baron Ferdinand
Baron Shaufenhausen, We think he is the swell
Baron Dunamaise, Lauriat Landers
The Swell, Surgeon Gl Dunahoe
Gustavus Adolphus, Baron Soper
Baron Richard 1st Coeur de Lion, Baron Multum in parvo
Baron Brandenburgh, He is the Swell
Old Burger Steinbach is the Swell, Treasurer Fostenburgh