A WILLIAM III SILVER-GILT CASKET FROM THE MASTER TOILET SERVICE

Lot 178
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Lot 178 | A WILLIAM III SILVER-GILT CASKET FROM THE MASTER TOILET SERVICE
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£ 15 000 – 20 000
A WILLIAM III SILVER-GILT CASKET FROM THE MASTER TOILET SERVICE

MARK OF JOHN BODINGTON, LONDON, 1701

Rectangular, on four fluted pad feet, with gadrooned borders, the hinged domed cover engraved in the centre with a coat-of-arms within foliate cartouche framed by a gadrooned border, marked on body and under cover, engraved underneath with scratch weight 50 = 12

10 1/2 in. (26.8 cm.) long

gross weight 51 oz. 1 dwt. (1,589 gr.)

The arms are those of Master impaling Legh, for Sir John Streynsham Master Kt. (1640-1724) and his second wife Elizabeth Legh (1666-1714), daughter of Richard Legh, of Lyme, whom he married in 1690.





Provenance

Sir John Streynsham Master Kt. (1640-1724).

With Crichton Brothers, London, before February 1923.

Anonymous sale [Crichton Brothers]; Christie's, London, 14 February 1923, lot 56 (£307 to Comyns).

With William Comyns, London.

With Carrington and Co., London, by September 1923.

Miss Faith Moore (d.1944), daughter of John G. Moore, founder of the brokerage firm of Moore and Schley, New York.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1974, lot 86.

With S. J. Shrubsole, New York.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2004, lot 1081.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2011, lot 205.



Literature

D. van de Goote, 'Silver Gilt Caskets', Country Life, vol. 54, no. 1394, 22 September 1923, p. liib.

V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, London,1986, illus. p. 151, no. 569.



Exhibited

London, 25 Park Lane, W.1, Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, 1929, part of no. 345, Miss Faith Moore.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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