A GEORGE III PENINSULAR WAR PRESENTATION THREE-COLOUR GOLD BOX

Lot 17
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ID 992596
Lot 17 | A GEORGE III PENINSULAR WAR PRESENTATION THREE-COLOUR GOLD BOX
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£ 5 000 – 7 000
A GEORGE III PENINSULAR WAR PRESENTATION THREE-COLOUR GOLD BOX

BY ALEXANDER JAMES STRACHAN (FL. 1799-1850), LONDON, 1809

Rectangular, the lid chased in high relief with the Egyptian Sphinx with a palm tree on the side and a view of Mount Etna smoldering behind, within a matted border around with relief lettering -EGYPT- above and - SICILY- below and Greek key pattern on the sides and flowerheads at the corners, the sides and base engine-turned and with plain interior engraved with an inscription, marked inside the box and in cover

3 1/8 in. (78 mm.) long

4 oz. 15 dwt. (148 gr.)

The inscription inside the lid reads: 'Col. Hull and the Officers of the 1st Batt.n 62.d Regm.t / Egypt / Sicily /to Major Gen. / The Hon.ble Will.m Stewart'.





Provenance

Presented to Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart, G.C.B. (1774 -1827), by the 1st battalion of the 62nd Regiment, on 18 February 1809.

Anonymous sale; Morton & Eden Ltd. with Sotheby’s, London, 18 July 2006, lot 119.



Literature

Cumloden papers, Letters &c. relating to The Hon. Sir W. Stewart and Others, with an Account of his Life, London, 1871, p. 55 and p. 139.



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