THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A Victorian silver-gilt, gilt-metal and cut-glass travelling dressing table service
MAKER'S MARKS OF FRANCIS DOUGLAS, LONDON, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1856, JOSEPH CLARK, LONDON, 1896, THOMAS INGLETON, LONDON, 1894
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A Victorian silver-gilt, gilt-metal and cut-glass travelling dressing table service
maker's marks of Francis Douglas, London, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1856, Joseph Clark, London, 1896, Thomas Ingleton, London, 1894
Comprising four various hob-nail cut-glass bottles, five various cut glass oblong boxes, a circular box, an oblong ink well, a beaker, a shaving mug with glass flask, an oblong vesta case, atortoiseshell paper knife and a cylindrical scent bottle with hinged domed cover, each with silver-gilt mounts, the drop front fitted with seventeen various instruments including a silver-gilt shoe horn and double medicine spoon, with two drawers, one containing a a pair of gilt metal mounted hair brushes, the box covers, bottle covers and paper knife each applied with a monogram HM, the medicine spoon and shoe horn similarly engraved, the cover fitted with a document wallet and dressing mirror, all in brass bound coromandel wood case with key, the case inlaid with shaped plaque engraved W LEUCHARS MAKER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY 38 PICCADILLY LONDON, marked on mounts, one bottle cover and the scent bottle unmarked
the case 15¾in. (47cm.) wide
30ozs. (946grs.)
maker's marks of Francis Douglas, London, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1856, Joseph Clark, London, 1896, Thomas Ingleton, London, 1894
Comprising four various hob-nail cut-glass bottles, five various cut glass oblong boxes, a circular box, an oblong ink well, a beaker, a shaving mug with glass flask, an oblong vesta case, atortoiseshell paper knife and a cylindrical scent bottle with hinged domed cover, each with silver-gilt mounts, the drop front fitted with seventeen various instruments including a silver-gilt shoe horn and double medicine spoon, with two drawers, one containing a a pair of gilt metal mounted hair brushes, the box covers, bottle covers and paper knife each applied with a monogram HM, the medicine spoon and shoe horn similarly engraved, the cover fitted with a document wallet and dressing mirror, all in brass bound coromandel wood case with key, the case inlaid with shaped plaque engraved W LEUCHARS MAKER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY 38 PICCADILLY LONDON, marked on mounts, one bottle cover and the scent bottle unmarked
the case 15¾in. (47cm.) wide
30ozs. (946grs.)