Description & Technical information
Allover decorated with wavy line patterns and plain polished borders, spuriously inscribed within 'This Snuff box was presented to John Perkins by Doctor Johnson', together with a fitted red box (base deficient).
Date: 1816
Period: George III
Origin: London
Medium: gold
Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 3.5 cm (3¹/₂ x 2³/₈ x 1³/₈ inches)
Categories: Jewellery
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