AN ENGLISH MOROCCAN RED LEATHER GEM CASE

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Los 209 | AN ENGLISH MOROCCAN RED LEATHER GEM CASE
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AN ENGLISH MOROCCAN RED LEATHER GEM CASE

COMMISSIONED CIRCA 1771

19 7⁄8 in. (50.4 cm.) long





Provenance

George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; thence by descent to his son, George Spencer- Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; thence by descent to his son, George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793–1857), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; thence by descent to his son, John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.

David Bromilow (1809-1898), Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, acquired from the above; thence by descent to his daughter, Julia Harriet Mary Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire.

The Marlborough Gems: A Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the Property of Mrs. Jary, Christie's, London, 26-29 June 1899, lot 741 or 742 (part).

with Francis E. Whelan (1848-1907), London, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).

M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire; thence by descent to his son-in-law, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), Cornwall.

Catalogue of the Story-Maskelyne Collection of Ancient Gems, the Property of W.E. Arnold Forster, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1921, lot 334.

with Landsberg, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).

Marjorie Bronfman (1917-2012), Montreal, acquired by 1978; gifted to her daughter, Dr. Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington, D.C.; thence by descent to the current owner.



Literature

D. Scarisbrick, “The Arundel Gem Cabinet,” Apollo, vol. 144, August 1996, p. 46.

J. Boardman, et al., The Marlborough Gems, Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, London, 2009, pp. 15, 157, ns. 67-68.
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