Historic Moray item not to be sniffed at
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An 18th century silver snuff box with connections to both Moray and the French Revolution is going up for auction tomorrow.
The item, valued between £2000 and £3000, was given to Sir James Grant by the Strathspey Battalion of Volunteers in 1798.
The battalion was part of a network of volunteer units raised when war between revolutionary France and Great Britain appeared inevitable.
The snuff box is inscribed to "The good Sir James", who served as an MP for what was then Elginshire and later as MP for Banffshire.
The Strathspey Battalion, was divided into two companies.
Grant, who owned large estates in Strathspey, became captain of the 80-strong Western Company.
His snuff box is one of 24 from the Lion Collection, which is up for auction at the Woolley & Wallis salerooms in Salisbury tomorrow.
For more information visit www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk
