A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE

Lot 148
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992498
Lot 148 | A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE

MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1735

Plain spherical on circular moulded base, the hinged cover with moulded rims, engraved with the initials GW and an earl's coronet, pricked underneath GDW, marked under base and cover and with scratchweight 9=4

31/4 in. (8.3 cm.) high

9 oz. 3 dwt. (284 gr.)

The monogram and coronet are those of George Booth.

The initials underneath are those of George D. Widener.





Provenance

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; 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, Bt.; Christie's, London, April 20, 1921, lot 137.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 October 1995, lot 424.



Literature

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, The Particulars of my Plate and its Weight, ms., 1750, folio 5, described 'Wash ball box 9:4.-' and annotated 'Gave Ld Grey' [his son-in-law].

J. Lomax and J. Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, National Trust, 2006, pp. 100 and 171.



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