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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER TOILET BOXES

Lot 178
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 4 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 848523
Lot 178 | A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER TOILET BOXES
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER TOILET BOXES

MARK OF JOHN BODDINGTON, LONDON, 1713

Each plain circular and on moulded spreading foot, the stepped domed covers engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate baroque cartouche, each marked to base interior and in cover

51/2 in. (14 cm.) diameter

35 oz. 18 dwt. (1,117 gr.)

The arms are argent a saltire sable and could be those of Coryton or Baldwin.





Provenance

Mrs. Alice Sidonie Milbank (1845-1916), widow of William Harry Vane Milbank of Thorp Perroe of Barningham Park,

Mrs. Milbank deceased, late of 22 Grove End Road, N.W.; Christie's, London, 12 July 1916, lot 7 (£177 to Crichton).

with Crichton Brothers, London, from 1916.

George Alexander Lockett (1855-1923), Liverpool merchant and collector, and then to his wife,

Mrs. Emma Lockett (1868-1941), daughter of George Lockett's business partner Col. John Thomas North (1842-1896),

Mrs. George Lockett, late of 58 Princess Gate, SW7; Christie's, London, 22 April 1942, lot 35 (£460 to Lumley). with Thomas Lumley Ltd., London from 1942.

with S.J. Phillips Ltd., London.
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