Live Auction 2388The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III
Lot 194

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT DOUBLE SPICE BOX

MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1705

Closed26 January 2010

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A QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT DOUBLE SPICE BOX
MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1705
Oval, on four circular feet, the double-hinged cover with gadrooned border, the interior gilt, one side with divider panel, the base engraved H, marked on base and cover panels with maker's mark only
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long; 10 oz. 10 dwt. (329 gr.)

With Alastair Dickenson, London

Specialist note

A similar silver-gilt double spice box by George Garthorne, circa 1705, is illustrated in Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, 1985, p. 113, no. 11.