[Wellington interest] A late George III silver commemorative snuff box by William Pugh, Birmingham 1812, curved rectangular, the cover engraved with an olive branch, Britannia and a martial trophy beneath a banner WELLINGTON, on a matted ground between guilloche bands, the base with foliate trellis, the interior gilt, 7.5cm (3in) long Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1769-1852) was elevated to the peerage in 1809 as Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, in the County of Somerset, with the subsidiary title of Baron Douro of Wellesley. Following the Battle of Salamanca, he was created Earl of Wellington, in the county of Somerset on 22nd February 1812 and then Marquess of Wellington on 18th August 1812.