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The St George and dragon motif is taken from William IV's Baton as Admiral of the Fleet. The frame was made to contain nine snuff boxes belonging to the King, together with a pieces of stone taken from William III's landing place at Torbay. The boxes include оne of oak, part of a beam of a store house in the Plymouth Dock, dating from 1694; a Freedom box from the Borough of Dartmouth, 1828; an oak box taken from the Golden Horse, a ship which sunk at Chatham Docks; an oak box made from the Betsy Kanes, the ship which brought William III to England, 1826; a gold Freedom box from the Borough of Doncaster, 1806; an oak and silver-gilt box from Liverpool, 1799; a gold Freedom box from the Goldsmiths' Company, 1827; and two further silver-gilt snuff boxes.
Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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