A GEORGE II SOAP BOX

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A GEORGE II SOAP BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF JAMES SCHRUDER, LONDON, 1742

PLAIN SPHERICAL AND ON SPREADING CIRCULAR FOOT, THE HINGED COVER ENGRAVED WITH THE INITIALS GW BENEATH AND EARL'S CORONET, MARKED ON BASE AND COVER, THE BASE ENGRAVED WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT 11=11 - 3¾IN. (9.8CM.) HIGH
11OZS. (357GRS.)

THE INITIALS ARE THOSE OF GEORGE BOOTH, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON

Provenance

GEORGE BOOTH, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON AND THEN BY DESCENT TO
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., 20 APRIL 1921, LOT 143 PART (# TO )

Literature

GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON, THE PARTICULARS OF MY PLATE AND ITS WEIGHTS, P. 5
A TRIMMINGS BASON, 34:6, EWER 24:14, WASHBALL BOX 11:11

Lot Essay

SOAP BOXES GENERALLY DATE FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND WERE OFTEN MADE AS PART OF A TOILET SERVICE OR AT LEAST ENSUITE WITH A SPONGE BOX. A SIMILAR SOAP BOX AND COVER, PART OF A SHAVING SET, AND ALSO MADE FOR THE EARL OF WARRINGTON, BY JAMES SHRUDER, 1744 WAS SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 20 MAY 1987, LOT 42. THE SET IS NOW IN THE AL TAJIR COLLECTION AND EXHIBITED LONDON, CHRISTIE'S, THE GLORY OF THE GOLDSMITH, JANUARY, 1990, NO.87

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