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c 1705 Pressed Horn Snuff Box by John O'Brissett Sir Francis Drake

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A 1705 pressed horn snuff box by John O'Brissett with the arms of Sir Francis Drake, the armorial cartouche surmounted by a helm and a ship, surrounded by scroll work mantling, with motto 'sic parvis magna' below the cartouche, Drake faintly inscribed above the ship and the names of the continents below. The Drake snuff boxes are among the best-known dies attributed to Obrisset. The present article is comparable to a box in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Horners, illustrated by Hardwick and another in the Museum of London, illustrated by Philips. Another, at the Met. Condition: has a crack but seems stable, residue, top lip needs to be tacked down. One of the boxes was featured in American Digger Magazine as the 'non-dug artifact of the year'. The "Drake Snuffboxes" boxes were produced in four different designs known, one or two are signed by O'Brisset as this one is and with his maker mark on the inside of the lid. One known box is dated, They were evidently distributed to family connections and perhaps to principal tenants. RELATED LITERATURE P. Hardwick, Discovering Horn, Guildford, 1981, p.101 P.A.S. Phillips, John Obrisset, London 1931 Condition: has a crack but seems stable.
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A 1705 pressed horn snuff box by John O'Brissett with the arms of Sir Francis Drake, the armorial cartouche surmounted by a helm and a ship, surrounded by scroll work mantling, with motto 'sic parvis magna' below the cartouche, Drake faintly inscribed above the ship and the names of the continents below. The Drake snuff boxes are among the best-known dies attributed to Obrisset. The present article is comparable to a box in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Horners, illustrated by Hardwick and another in the Museum of London, illustrated by Philips. Another, at the Met. Condition: has a crack but seems stable, residue, top lip needs to be tacked down. One of the boxes was featured in American Digger Magazine as the 'non-dug artifact of the year'. The "Drake Snuffboxes" boxes were produced in four different designs known, one or two are signed by O'Brisset as this one is and with his maker mark on the inside of the lid. One known box is dated, They were evidently distributed to family connections and perhaps to principal tenants. RELATED LITERATURE P. Hardwick, Discovering Horn, Guildford, 1981, p.101 P.A.S. Phillips, John Obrisset, London 1931 Condition: has a crack but seems stable.
A 1705 pressed horn snuff box by John O'Brissett with the arms of Sir Francis Drake, the armorial cartouche surmounted by a helm and a ship, surrounded by scroll work mantling, with motto 'sic parvis magna' below the cartouche, Drake faintly inscribed above the ship and the names of the continents below. The Drake snuff boxes are among the best-known dies attributed to Obrisset. The present article is comparable to a box in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Horners, illustrated by Hardwick and another in the Museum of London, illustrated by Philips. Another, at the Met. Condition: has a crack but seems stable, residue, top lip needs to be tacked down. One of the boxes was featured in American Digger Magazine as the 'non-dug artifact of the year'. The "Drake Snuffboxes" boxes were produced in four different designs known, one or two are signed by O'Brisset as this one is and with his maker mark on the inside of the lid. One known box is dated, They were evidently distributed to family connections and perhaps to principal tenants. RELATED LITERATURE P. Hardwick, Discovering Horn, Guildford, 1981, p.101 P.A.S. Phillips, John Obrisset, London 1931 Condition: has a crack but seems stable.