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Snuff boxes/Cigarette cases: M0164

Title

Fred Terry's snuffbox Snuff box

Technique

Metalwork

Subject

Character

Sir Percy Blakeney : The Scarlet Pimpernel

Dimensions

Height: 2.5cm
Width: 9.5cm
Depth: 5.6cm

Other materials

Chased silver [?]

Provenance

Fred Terry, then by descent to Mrs Julia Nightingale, by whom presented to the Garrick Club, 2006

Other number

Gift 1059 [a substantial collection of material chiefly relating to Fred Terry and his circle]

An accompanying note in the autograph of Fred Terry reads: "Used in the first act of the Pimpernel by Fred Terry". Another in the autograph of Phyllis Neilson Terry reads: "This box was used by Dad in the 2st act of the Scarlet Pimpernel."
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