Mark of great Huguenot maker lifts silver snuff box in Cheshire
Catalogued as white metal, with no hallmarks, a snuff box included in the silver section at Adam Partridge’s recent sale at Macclesfield caused a stir. The mark it did have was that of the great Huguenot maker, David Willaume.
Born the son of a goldsmith in Metz in 1658, Willaume appears to have been working in London from 16…