A Rare Jacobite Boscobel Oak Snuff Box
Stock No
4001
2015
- £6,250.00
- €7,197 Euro
- $8,524 US Dollar
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Item Description
A fine example of a rare Jacobite box, the white metal frame gilded within, the base inset with a plain, unadorned piece of oak, whereas that to the hinged lid is inlaid with silver-coloured metal fashioned and engraved as to represent the then Prince Charles hiding in the Boscobel oak, an angel offering him the Crown. To either side of the oak tree is seen a pair of horsemen within the landscape and below all is a ribbon engraved with the motto 'SACRA IOVI QUERCUS' ('Oak Sacred to Jupiter', referencing Ovid's mythological epic, Metamorphoses.) The piece of oak to the base is backed with gilded metal and set within a rubbed-over bezel. English, early or mid 17th century.
3.25 in x 2.5 in x 5/8 in
Several boxes of this type are known and are discussed and illustrated in Silver Boxes by E. Delieb and British Silver Boxes from The Lion Collection by J. Culme, (2002/2015). They are reputed to have been made from specimens of the 'Boscobel Oak’ tree and commemorate the escape of the then Prince Charles, later to become King Charles II, from parliamentary forces after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. In 1680 Samuel Pepys recorded Charles’ story of hiding in an oak tree at Boscobel, near Donnington in Shropshire, the home of Colonel Pendril, whilst a Parliamentarian soldier passed directly below.
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Seller Location
London, London
Period
18th Century & Earlier
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
London, London
Item Location
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)207 7275263
+44 (0)7831 561042
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