A pair of Charles II toilet boxes

MAKER'S MARK OF ARTHUR MAINWARING, LONDON, CIRCA 1680

Details
A pair of Charles II toilet boxes
maker's mark of Arthur Mainwaring, London, circa 1680
Bomb-shaped and with moulded borders, the detachable slightly domed covers chased with a female mask within foliage, the sides chased with scrolling foliage, all on a matted ground
2.3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
7ozs. (222gr.) (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's Geneva, 14 November 1978, lot 193 (part)
Literature
M. Clayton, op. cit., Oxford, 1985, p.79, illustrated

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