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Combination Or Puzzle Snuff Box

Stock No

5505

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2015
  • £450.00
  • €536 Euro
  • $583 US Dollar

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Item Description

A 19th century brass puzzle or combination locking snuffbox, according to a paper within “made by a prisoner in Winchester Prison about 1862”.
3.25 in x 2 in x .75 in
Winchester Prison was built between 1846 and 1850 to a Victorian radial design, with five 'spokes' radiating from a central hub carrying a turret prominent on the Winchester skyline. The site contains the shell of the Victorian treadwheel house.
In 1867, the public execution of the notorious murderer Frederick Baker - who abducted and dismembered eight-year-old Fanny Adams - drew a 5,000-strong crowd. This would become the last public hanging held outside the prison.

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

19th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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