A rectangular silver snuff box, the hinged lid cast with Prince of Wales' feathers, coronet and Garter motto on a matted ground, within oak leaf and acorn border, the sides and base engine turned, the interior gilt.

Inscribed, 'To the Prince Regent, / WITH THE HUMBLE DUTY / OF THE ADVENTURERS, / In his Royl Highnesses / SILVER MINE, / of Wheal Duchy, / 1811.'
Struck with silver hallmarks for London, 1811/12, with duty mark and mark of IN (for John Northam).
 
The box is made from Cornish silver extracted from the Wheal Duchy mine. It was presented to George, Prince Regent on 3 March 1812 by Benjamin Tucker (1762-1829), Secretary of the Admiralty and Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1808-1829). The giving of this gift was recorded in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1812, i. 286 and in other contemporary newspapers. The Wheal Duchy silver mine in East Cornwall was discovered while prospecting for copper ore. The mine opened in 1810 and closed in 1816. It was reopened in 1833 under the name Wheal Brothers, when a new lode of silver ore was discovered. The mine produced 200 tons of silver ore during its operation.