ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER BOX, OVER 100 YEARS OLD, OF UK MANUFACTURE Rare Antique William IV Sterling Silver table snuff box by John Bettridge, Birmingham  1828. Of rectangular form with panels of engine turned decoration to the base and sides, surrounded by heavy, cast floral borders. The lid embossed in high relief with a depiction of George Henry Harlow's 1817 painting 'The Trial of Queen Katherine', based on Act II, Scene iv of John Philip Kemble's production of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII, featuring Sarah Siddons as Catherine of Aragon, and her brothers John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble and Stephen Kemble as Cardinal Wolsey, Cromwell and Henry VIII respectively. Diameter 8.5cm / 3.3". Silver weight 191g / 6.15 troy oz. Provenance The property of a gentleman. Note Research and information courtesy of Mr Peter Siddons.