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A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TOILET BOXES

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£ 2 000
Auction dateClassic
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 848514
Lot 175 | A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TOILET BOXES
A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TOILET BOXES

MARK OF BENJAMIN PYNE, LONDON, 1692

Each square shape and with cut-corners on reeded base, embossed on the lower part of the body and on the cover with a gadrooned border, each later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the undersides of bases and covers later stamped 'Breadalbane', marked on bases and underside of covers

4 1/8 in. (10.7 cm.) wide

20 oz. 5 dwt. (630 gr.)

The arms are those of Des Voeux impaling Coventry for Sir Henry William Des Voeux, 3rd Bt. (1806-1868) and his wife Lady Sophia Catherine Gresley (d. 1875), daughter of the 7th Earl of Coventry and widow of Sir Roger Gresley 8th Bt. (1799-1837), whom he married in 1839.





Provenance

Sir Henry William Des Voeux, 3rd Bt. (1806-1868).

Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (1851-1922).

Francis 'Frank' William Green (1861-1954), industrialist and collector, of The Greenway, Dulverton, Somerset, The Frank Green Collection; Christie's, London, 4 May 1949, lot 127 (£1,400 for the eleven piece dressing table service, to Frank Partridge).

with Partridge Fine Art Ltd., London.
Artist:Benjamin Pyne (1652 - 1727)
Medium:Silver
Historical era:Period of William and Mary
Place of origin:Northern Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Case
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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