Snuff box sold by dealer was a ‘gift from Lord Nelson’

A snuff box believed to have been gifted by Lord Nelson to his personal secretary during a dinner party attended by Emma Hamilton has been sold by Paul Fraser Collectables for £45,000.

Nelson gave the tortoiseshell composition snuff box to George Unwin in Sicily in late 1798 or earl…

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