![Silver tobacco box: Silver tobacco box, 833/000, richly decorated with engraving with the 4 seasons at the top and bottom. 12.5x6x4cm. MT.: F. de Groot Boersma, Sneek, last:R:1927. approx. 179 grams. In good condition.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6138/333209/179879660_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718277656)
Engraving Snuff Boxes & Tobacco Boxes
![Silver tobacco box: Silver tobacco box, 833/000, richly decorated with engraving with the 4 seasons at the top and bottom. 12.5x6x4cm. MT.: F. de Groot Boersma, Sneek, last:R:1927. approx. 179 grams. In good condition.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6138/333209/179879660_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718277656)
![Silver miniatures, snuff box and mill: Two silver miniatures, 833/000, with a mill and a snuff box. An antique snuff box with a contoured lid. Decorated with engraving. 4-6cm.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6138/333209/179879589_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718277656)
![Silver tobacco box: Silver tobacco box, 833/000, rectangular model decorated with line decor and a floral element with radiating lines on the lid. Equipped with an engraving on the inside of the lid: Souvenir Notary Sick](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6138/333209/179879619_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718277656)
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Colonial Boston engraving and Paul Revere war bond lead Early American’s June 8 sale
WINCHESTER, VA — An original printing of a well-known image of colonial Boston will be offered at Early American History Auctions on Saturday, June 8. The circa-1761 engraving of a view of the city after a drawing by the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), has an estimate of $10,000-$12,000. The complete catalog is […]
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Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights
Mark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator. A century before Audubon, he published the seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of […]
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Original Salvador Dali engraving turns up at thrift shop
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) – An original Salvador Dali wood engraving hangs on the wall of Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head after being discovered among the donated items of an Outer Banks thrift shop.
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Museum reveals engraving hidden in Lincoln watch
WASHINGTON (AP) – For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the […]