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Decorative object - Snuff box (replica)

  • The outside of the snuff box featuring the Royal College of Anaesthetists' coat of arms enamelled on the lid.

    Snuff box, outside

  • The inside of the snuff box, with a message to the Queen.

    Snuff box, inside

  • The outside of the snuff box featuring the Royal College of Anaesthetists' coat of arms enamelled on the lid.
  • The inside of the snuff box, with a message to the Queen.

Physical description

The snuff box is rectangular with a red base, gold trim and clasp around box and lid edges with an enamelled lid. The lid depicts in full colour and detail the Royal College of Anaesthetist's coat of arms on a white enamel background. The box has its own custom-made box of blue board and velvet with the maker's mark printed in gold on the inside of the lid. The original enamel box was presented by the Royal College of Anaesthetists to Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her opening of the College in England on the 8th of July 1993.

Inscriptions & markings

Enamelled on front. "Presented to Her Majesty The Queen BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS"
Enamelled on inside of lid. "To commemorate the opening of the College by Her Majesty on 8th July 1993"

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