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Snuffbox

Description

A round snuffbox apparently made of wood from the Blue Boar Inn at Leicester; on the top a (silver?) plate with inscription., Previously described as having a 'liver plate with inscription'.

  • Measurements

  • Diameter

    857 mm

  • Marks & inscriptions

    : : : : The wood of which this Box is made formed part of the old Blue Boar Inn, Leicester, where Richard 3rd slept on the night of August 16 [sic - in fact August 20th], 1485, on his way to Bosworth.,