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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
Lot 244

A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

BY JOHN LINNET (FL. 1800-C.1840), MARKED, LONDON, 1825

Closed3 June 2015

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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
BY JOHN LINNET (FL. 1800-C.1840), MARKED, LONDON, 1825
rectangular box, the cover set with a boldly cast and chased plaque depicting a classical battle, the polished sides and base with reeded borders, the interior cover with a later engraved inscription, in fitted red leather case stamped I.J. Mazure & Co. Ltd.
4¼ in. (108 mm.) wide
9 oz. 15 dwt. (304 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Presented to / Captn. G. Wathen, / by the Band of the / SURREY YEOMANRY CAVALRY, / as a token of esteem for his kind and / liberal conduct to them on all occasions / as a Gentleman and an Officer. / 1st. AUGUST 1827.'
A List of the Officers of the Militia and of the Yeomanry Cavalry and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, issued by the War Office in 1825, lists George Wathen as being Adjutant of the regiment in 1798.

Specialist note

The Surrey Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Disbanded in 1828, a Southwark Troop was raised in 1831 and became a full Regiment in the same year before it too was disbanded in 1848. The Surrey Imperial Yeomanry was raised in 1901 for service in the Boer War and the regiment was granted the title Princess of Wales's which was subsequently changed to Queen Mary's when George V became King in 1910. Converted to artillery in 1922, they were later reduced to battery strength and merged into the Queen's Regiment.