This George III box by James Henzell of Dublin, engraved for Captain Patrick Patrickson, comprised six compartments for tablets, patches, snuff, toothpicks and a vinaigrette and caused a sensation at Christie's South Kensington on December 14, selling to a collector at £17,000 (plus 15 per cent premium).
George III box by James Henzell
UK: SILVER collectors could wait a long time for something so unusual to come onto the market.
