A GEORGE II SILVER TOILET BOX AND COVER FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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Startpreis
20000GBP £ 20 000
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ID 992689
Los 150 | A GEORGE II SILVER TOILET BOX AND COVER FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
Schätzwert
£ 20 000 – 30 000
MARK OF JAMES SHRUDER, LONDON, 1745
Plain circular on moulded spreading foot, with detachable domed stepped cover, engraved on body and cover with a coat-of-arms, beneath earl's coronet, marked on base and cover, and engraved with scratchweights 14=10 and 6 oz=1 dwt
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter
20 oz. 5 dwt. (631 gr.)
The arms are those of Booth, for George, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758).
Provenance
George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, then by descent to his daughter,
Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768), by descent to their son,
George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819) and his wife Lady Henrietta Bentinck (1727-1837) and by descent to,
Catherine, Lady Grey (1860-1925) of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, her son Sir John Foley-Grey 8th Bt. (1893-1938),
Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's, London, 20 April 1921, lot 150.
Tythrop Park; Christie's, London, 27 April 1995, lot 86.
Stefan Edlis (1925-2019) of Chicago, art collector and philanthropist,
Mr Stefan Edlis; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2010, lot 152.
Literature
George, 2nd Earl of Warrington, The Particulars of my Plate and its Weight, 1750, ms., folio 15, 'Boxes with lids for oatmeal 20=11'.
J. Lomax and J. Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, 2006, p. 103, n. 21, p. 202.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Künstler: | James Shruder |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
| Material: | Silber |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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| Künstler: | James Shruder |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
| Material: | Silber |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Schachteln und Etuis |
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