SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES
WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF GREGORY DE LIGNE GREGORY AND SIR GLYNNE EARLE WELBY-GREGORY BT. LOTS 681-683
SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES

FIVE WITH MARK OF ADRIAAN HAVELAAR, THE HAGUE, 1717, ONE MARK OF WILLEM VAN BATENBURG, THE HAGUE, 1714

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SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES
FIVE WITH MARK OF ADRIAAN HAVELAAR, THE HAGUE, 1717, ONE MARK OF WILLEM VAN BATENBURG, THE HAGUE, 1714
Each elongated octagonal with hinged or detachable domed cover, later engraved with foliate scrolls on a matted ground, the largest on four bun feet, each marked underneath or inside, and inside cover, each with a further Dutch tax mark near rim and with a later tax mark on the bezel
one 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long; one 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; two 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) wide and two 2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm.) wide
79 oz. 4 dwt. (2,463 gr.)
Provenance
Gregory de Ligne Gregory (1786-1854) of Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, by bequest to
Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Bt. (1806-1875) and then by descent.
Literature
Inventory of articles (heirlooms, including library and works of art) at Harlaxton New Manor House, 1864-66, National Archives, Kew, Ms. J 90/1217, p. 74, nos. 21-24, ‘Plate’:
No. 21, ‘A Dressing table box engraved – 39 oz. 19 dwt.’
No. 22, ‘A Dressing table box smaller same pattern – 14 oz. 15 dwt.’
No. 23, ‘A Dressing table box smaller same pattern – 17 oz. 2 dwt.’
No. 24, ‘A Dressing table box smaller same pattern – 17 oz. 2 dwt.’

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