A GEORGE I GILT-METAL DRESSING-SET, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A GEORGE I GILT-METAL DRESSING-SET
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each plain rectangular on spreading stepped base and comprising a casket, a brush and two pairs of boxes in two sizes, each engraved with a coat-of-arms
The casket: 9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) wide; the pair of large boxes 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) wide; the pair of small boxes 4 in. (10.5 cm.) wide
The arms are most likely those of Beaumont, Poole or Thorp, following a marriage to a lady of European descent.

Provenance

With S.J. Phillips before 1976.
Walter Lees, 1 avenue de Tourville, Paris.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 14 September 2006, lot 287.

CHIEVELEY HOUSE, BERKSHIRE: THE PROPERTY OF MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS STANLEY (LOTS 1 - 99)