A George III silver gilt snuff box; elongated octagonal with engine turned flat-hinged cover, of sunburst design around a central rectangular cartouche with engraved crest of a stag's head. Swags engraved to sides above a cross-hatched ground, and sunburst engraving to base. Gilded interior. London 1788, by Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson. 7.3 x 5.2cm