A CHINESE EXPORT PARCEL-GILT AND SILVER FILIGREE CASKET CANTON, APPARENTLY...
Serpentine oblong, the cover and sides applied with fine filigree work panels, the cover panels in the form of a flower centred with a silver-gilt rosette, the sides with panels of varying trellis pattern filigree-work, with two silver-gilt handles, the interior fully lined in silver-gilt, the interior cover engraved with a coat-of-arms within Rococo cartouche
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
20 oz. 10 dwt. (649 gr.)
The arms are those of Pigott, later Smyth-Pigott, of Brockley Hall and the Grove, co. Somerset.
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 171.
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Serpentine oblong, the cover and sides applied with fine filigree work panels, the cover panels in the form of a flower centred with a silver-gilt rosette, the sides with panels of varying trellis pattern filigree-work, with two silver-gilt handles, the interior fully lined in silver-gilt, the interior cover engraved with a coat-of-arms within Rococo cartouche
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
20 oz. 10 dwt. (649 gr.)
The arms are those of Pigott, later Smyth-Pigott, of Brockley Hall and the Grove, co. Somerset.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 171.
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