A GROUP FIVE SILVER, SILVER-GILT AND GOLD BOXES

THE DOUBLE-HINGED BOX WITH MARK OF THOMAS PHIPPS AND EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON, 1799; THE TRAVELLING INKSTAND WITH MARK OF WILLIAM PARKER, LONDON, 1816 AND THE BOX WITH MARK OF THOMAS DILLER, LONDON, 1843; THE POCKET BAROMETER BOX WITH MARK OF WRIGHT AND DAVIES, LONDON, 1899; THE GOLD CASE WITH MARK OF ADIE BROTHERS LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM, 1923; THE CIGARETTE CASE WITH MARK OF DEAKIN AND FRANCIS LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM, 1927

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A GROUP FIVE SILVER, SILVER-GILT AND GOLD BOXES
THE DOUBLE-HINGED BOX WITH MARK OF THOMAS PHIPPS AND EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON, 1799; THE TRAVELLING INKSTAND WITH MARK OF WILLIAM PARKER, LONDON, 1816 AND THE BOX WITH MARK OF THOMAS DILLER, LONDON, 1843; THE POCKET BAROMETER BOX WITH MARK OF WRIGHT AND DAVIES, LONDON, 1899; THE GOLD CASE WITH MARK OF ADIE BROTHERS LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM, 1923; THE CIGARETTE CASE WITH MARK OF DEAKIN AND FRANCIS LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM, 1927
The parcel-gilt box with monogram CB, marked inside and in both covers; the silver-gilt travelling inkstand box, engraved to inkstand lid with S under a coronet for Viscount Seaham, marked underneath the box and the inkstand, on cover of box and on shell thumbpiece; the pocket barometer box cover engraved C under a viscount coronet for Viscount Castlereagh, marked in cover and underneath and stamped 'Thornhill Bond Street, London, W'; the gold match box engraved with crest, marked inside; the plain rectangular silver cigarette case engraved ' Castlereagh 10132S House of Commons', marked inside
the cigarette case 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) long
gross weight 24 oz. 8 dwt. (760 gr.)

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The crest on the inkstand is that of Viscount Seaham, probably for George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, later 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP (1821–1884), styled Viscount Seaham until 1854.
The crest on the gold case is that of Marquess of Londonderry possibly for Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry K.G. (1878–1949).

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