Lot 609
RACING & REGIMENTAL INTEREST:-
A George IV rectangular, engine-turned "prize" snuff box with an applied gold thumbpiece and relief plaque on the cover depicting an officer on horseback, galloping, with his sabre raised in anger, the gilt interior inscribed "Barnton Troop Second Prize run for on the 19th July 1823 over the Musselburgh Course & won by James T. Gibson Craig's brown horse Jerry, carrying 13 stone. Two Mile Heats Rode by the owner", by John Linnit, London 1823; 3.3" (8.5 cms) long; 3.4 oz
