BEAUTIFUL SNUFF BOX, DEDICATED TO CHARLES JAMES FOX
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� � � � PRESENTING THIS WEEK A VARIED & SCARCE SELECTION INCLUDING ANTIQUE VICTORIAN LETTER HOLDERS, 18TH CENTURY BRITISH COINAGE, ROMAN & ANTIQUE RINGS FROM ANTIQUITY, AN 18TH CENTURY SAINTS RELIQUARY BOX, JADE &� BACCHANALIAN STONEWARE AND A FABULOUS SET OF CUFFLINKS WHICH BELONGED TO THE AUTHOR� DAVID GEMMELL� � � BEAUTIFUL SNUFF BOX DEDICATED TO CHARLES JAMES FOX 1806, PROMINENT BRITISH WHIG STATESMAN � A beautiful circular snuff box, dedicated to Charles James Fox, exact age unknown With a bronze lid and crafted from a stone (green marble type) material The legend around the top reads "Charles James Fox, This Illustrious Patriot Departed This Life, September 13AD 1806 AET 57 On the base the legend reads "Intrepid Champion of Freedom, Enlightened Advocate of Peace, Not Born For Himself But For The Universe" In excellent condition, one light edge knock on bronze at the top, a scattering of other very light marks, some of the lettering has smoothed A heavy example for its size and wonderful on display evoking an atmosphere of a bygone era Charles James Fox� (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled� The Honourable� from 1762, was a prominent British� Whig� statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was particularly noted for being the arch-rival of� William
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