A silver snuff box stolen by a sailor from Lord Admiral Nelson's cabin as he lay dying on the deck of HMS Victory is to be sold at auction. The 8cm horn-shaped snuff 'mull' was taken from Horatio's ...
A silver snuff box stolen from Nelson as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar is going under the hammer. The 3in horn-shaped container was taken from the admiral's private quarters on HMS Victory ...
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In one of her last appearances as the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla appeared on the BBC staple and brought with her an item from the royal collection. Silver specialist Duncan was amazed by the silver ...
The Regency dandy, Beau Brummell, was a great fan of snuff, and also a known collector of snuff boxes. He could achieve the trick of opening his snuff box and then transferring the snuff from box to ...