A George IV silver-gilt box and James II oval tobacco box, London, 1829/1687

the first rectangular, hinged cover embossed with contemporary coat of arms, marked on base and cover, by Rawlings & Summers, London, 1829; the oval tobacco box, maker's mark SW, London, 1687, with later slip-on cover engraved with a bird on a garb, maker's mark only RW

first with some rubbing to gilding otherwise good, second with repairs to border of cover
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The embossed arms on the first are those of Jones, for Thomas Heron, VII Viscount Ranelagh (1812-1885), Lieut. Colonel 2nd South Middlesex Volunteers 1860-85, K.C.B. (civil) 1881, Chairman of the Conservative Land Society, and promoter of the Volunteer Movement in England.  He died unmarried in 1885 when the title became extinct.