Backstory boosts simple silver snuffbox at US auction
Piece produced by jobbing London silversmith Simmons was owned by one of Washington’s favourites
William Simmons was one of hundreds of jobbing silversmiths working in London in the late 1770s.
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Piece produced by jobbing London silversmith Simmons was owned by one of Washington’s favourites
William Simmons was one of hundreds of jobbing silversmiths working in London in the late 1770s.
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