Gilt Snuff Box with Hunting Scene, 1849

A mercurial gilt Old Sheffield plate presentation table snuff box, of New South Wales interest, the rectangular cover finely cast and chased with a hunting scene, inscribed beneath the cover 'To / John Strange Chapman Esq. / XIth Regiment / from his friend / Stuart a. Donaldson / Memento 15 Decr 1849', the back and sides with engine-turned panels within foliate-cast borders, 3.74 in. wide, 1.18 in. high, 2.56 in. deep. Provenance: Lord and lady Sherwood, Newmarket. Private collection, United Kingdom, by descent from the above. Three day Fine Art And Antique sale, Bamford's Auctioneers & Valuers, United Kingdom, 29 June 2016, lot 892. Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above