A GEORGE II SILVER TOBACCO-BOX

MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, 1728

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER TOBACCO-BOX
MARK OF EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, 1728
Oval, the detachable cover engraved with a coat-of-arms within brickwork and surrounded by foliage, marked underneath and inside cover
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide
3 oz. 17 dwt. (120 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 12 April 2005, lot 275.

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Lot Essay

It has been noted that Edward Cornock specialised in making tobacco-boxes (see A. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, London, 1982, p. 473. and T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean, 2009, cat no. 197). Similar examples exist in a number of museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no 68.141.255a, b); Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum no. M.704:1, 2-1926); and the Ashmolean, Oxford.

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