Lot 989
A GEORGE III SILVER & MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF OR TOBACCO BOX
plain circular with reeded borders, the full-off cover and base both inset with a circular panel, carved in low relief with two mounted pilgrims (possibly two characters from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales), bordered by the inscriptions: "In remembrance of happy day Septr. 8th" and "The Gift of Berrington Marsh Esq., to Jas. Stratten Esq. Feby. 1786", unmarked c.1785; 3.95" (10 cms) diameter
*A Berrington Marsh, son of John & Ann Marsh, was baptised on 25th May 1755 in the church of St. Mary Somerset, City of London. He was made a Freeman of the City of London on 14 may 1776 and married Martha Griffin at St. James, Clerkenwell, on 22 August 1778. He is further recorded as having owned property in the Mile End Old Town, Stepney area of East London between 1787 and 1798.
