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Accession Number

NAM.2025-02-1-33-1

Description

Sterling silver (snuff) box with hinged lid. Made in Birmingham, by Henry Hyde Aston, dated to c. 1864 The lid is decorated with scrolls and in the centre is a crown with 83 underneath, with County of Dublin written on a banner. The reverse is highly decorated with floral motifs. Associated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot., Royal Irish Rifles. The tontine recorded on this snuff box was entered into by 10 officers of the 83rd County of Dublin Regiment, Royal Irish Rifles in August of 1865 when the Regiment was stationed at Sheffield. It was completed on 30th December, 1887 when Booth Hay Metcalfe died at Mullingar in Ireland and the surviving member was Charles John Wyndham. The 83rd was first raised in 1758. it was re-activated in 1795. It served in India in 1862, in Gibraltar from 1867 to 1870, and again in India from 1870 to 1881. This snuff box records the Tontine.

People

De Montmorency, Raymond Oliver

Edward Arthur Butler

Charles John Wyndham

Jackson, Sir Keith, George

Charles Horrocks

Thompson, William T

Disney-Roebuck, F H A

Barney, John D

Booth Hay Metcalfe, (-1887)

Blurton, John

Aston, Henry Hyde

Dimensions

Width: 100 mm Depth: 76 mm Text: 31 mm

Inscriptions

Inscribed on inside of lid: ‘Sheffield Tontine August 1865’. From left to right: ‘1866 Ensign, Sir Keith G Jackson, BT . ‘Ensign, Raymond O.De Montmorency, 1883’ ‘1866 Ensign John Blurton’. ‘Ensign Charles Horrocks 1868’ ‘1870’ Ensign Wm. T Thompson’ ‘Ensign FHA Disney-Roebusk 1870’ ‘1885 Ensign EDW Art Butler’ ‘Ensign John D Barney 1867’ ‘Winner Ensign Chas John Wyndham’ ‘Ensign Booth Hay Metcalfe 1887’ ‘Mullingar 30th December 1887’ Hallmarks: queens head facing left, lion passant, an anchor and date letter P. Makers mark: HA.