#97 • HMS Jersey Relic Presentation Snuff Box

Part of Single Owner - Estate of William Dillon | August 17, 2023 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $850.00

Status: Sold

19th c. snuff box made from wood reclaimed from the Revolutionary War prison ship HMS Jersey, presented to Peter Hercules Wendover (1768 - 1834), US Representative from New York. The inset silver medallion is inscribed to the interior "1776 - This is inscribed on a remnant of the Jersey Prison Ship in memory of 11500 American Prisoners who perished by hunger and disease in war which under Providence rescued their Country from British thraldom - 1810". 2.75"w