Oval with hinged cover and beaded borders enclosing engine-turned panels, the cover engraved with a crest, inside of cover with later presentation inscription reading To George Marshall Knipe Esq / as a token of Esteem / from / John Dudley Tronson / A.D. 1816, marked to inside of lid and interior base
3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.2 cm.) long

George Marshall Knipe (d. 1859), of Erne Hill, Belturbet, County Cavan.
Acquired from James Robinson, New York, 2007.

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This snuff box, bearing the Knipe family crest to the cover, was likely given to George Marshall Knipe by John Dudley Tronson on the occasion of his promotion to Captain of the Belturbet Infantry in May of 1816.