A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TOILET BOXES

Lot 67
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ID 992725
Lot 67 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TOILET BOXES
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TOILET BOXES

MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1777

Each circular with stiff leaf border, the sides applied with ribbon-tied laurel garlands hung from ram's masks, the detachable cover chased with a band of foliate scrolls on matted ground, the domed centre framed by palm leaves and chased with Cupid riding an amphora with a sail on one and the other with Cupid in a snare, with beaded borders marked underneath and in cover, with scratch marks underneath 'bD' and 'CbH'

5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter

43 oz. 2 dwt. (1,241 gr.)





Provenance

Anonymous sale; George Kidner Auctions, Lymington, 1 October 2003, lot 287.



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