ID 848514
Lot 175 | A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TOILET BOXES
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
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) |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Period of William and Mary |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Artist: | Benjamin Pyne (1652 - 1727) |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Period of William and Mary |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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