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Lot 1463    SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH)    Miscellaneous

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480

GEORGIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, (75x45x22mm), ornate edges with engine turned base, in sterling silver (98.6g), by T.S. (possibly Thomas Spicer), hallmark for Birmingham 1823, lid inscribed 'The Gift of/D.Burns 19th Regt./To/Francis Crumpe M.D./Being a Testimonial of Regard as well/as Gratitude for his Professional/Attention/29th December 1826'. Very fine.

Doctor Francis Crumpe was from the landed gentry, the Crumpes of Barleymount, County Kerry, Ireland. In 1818 he was at the London Royal College of Surgeons and died in 1877.

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