Snuffbox

Description

Silver snuff box with gilt interior, mother-of-pearl panel from Guandong, China, in lid and inscription commemorating Captain William Wilkinson, a former East India Company sea officer, who commanded a frigate in the Chilean fleet of Admiral Lord Cochrane, by silversmith John Crichton, Scotland, 1859

Museum reference

M.2010.11

Collection

Warfare and Defence

Object name

Snuffbox

Production information

Crichton, John, 1859 - 1899 (fl.), Silversmith
Scotland, Northern Europe
Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, East Asia

Date

1859

Materials

Silver, Gilt, Mother of pearl, Garnet, Malachite, Paste, Chalcedony, Carnelian

Associations

Wilkinson, William, 1824 (d.)
Cochrane, Thomas, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1775 - 1860
Wilkinson, George Huton, 1859 (fl.)
Honourable East India Company
Depicted: Leda
Depicted: Pollus
Depicted: Helen
Cumberland [vessel]
San Martin [vessel]
Chile, South America
South America
Harperley Park, Fir Tree, County Durham, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Discoveries Redisplay, 2015

• Admiral Cochrane, The Real Master and Commander (07 Oct 2011 - 19 Feb 2012)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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