25th Mar, 2020 14:00

Silver & Objects of Vertu

 
  Lot 211
 

A Victorian sterling silver-gilt mounted tortoiseshell dressing table casket, London 1899 by George Fox

A Victorian sterling silver-gilt mounted tortoiseshell dressing table casket, London 1899 by George Fox

Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the silver lid with shaped C scroll rim with a central boss of embossed classical figures reserved in C scrolls, birds and grotesque mask against a matted ground. The corners with silver mounts of putti at play with C scroll bracket feet. Key present. Fully marked to corner mounts, lid and hinges part-marked, key unmarked.

Length – 14 cm / 5.5 inches

With a note to say “16 Dec 1917, from Mr Alfred Shuttleworth to E.M.B” for Emma Maria Brooke (1849-1922) only daughter of Charles Brooke FRS (1804-1879) noted surgeon and inventor, also president of the Royal Meteorological Society between 1865–1866. He was the son of mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857). (Thence by descent).

Sold for £375

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