A Victorian antique sterling silver snuff box, Birmingham 1838 by Nathaniel Mills Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the lid with flush hinge and cavetto edge bordered with cast foliate scrolls and foliate scroll thumbpiece. Reeded decoration base and sides. The lid inscribed in gothic script ‘David Bennie’. Gilt interior, marked to base and lid interior. Length – 7.8 cm/3 inches Weight – 104 grams/3.4 ozt There was a David Bennie (1844 -1922) of the Glasgow shipping firm Steel & Bennie Ltd, where a David joined the company on 24th December 1862.