A JAMES II SILVER JEWEL CASKET

MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS JENKINS, LONDON, 1688

細節

A JAMES II SILVER JEWEL CASKET
Maker's mark of Thomas Jenkins, London, 1688
Ensuite with the preceding; rectangular with canted corners, on four openwork scroll feet headed by foliage, the sides and hinged cover flat-chased, probably mid-18th century, with chinoiserie scenes, the cover engraved, circa 1756, with a coat-of-arms within an asymmetrical foliate scroll cartouche, marked inside base and cover
103/8in. (26.5cm.) long; 42oz. 10dwt. (1324gr.)

來源

S.J. Shrubsole, 1981

拍品專文

The arms are those of Wilson impaling Freke, as borne by Edward Warter Wilson and his wife, Frances Anne, daughter of George Freke 2nd Baron Carbery. They were married on September 1, 1756.

This lot and the preceding scent bottles are part of a matching toilet service. A pair of toilet boxes and a pair of toilet jars from the same service are being offered in the sale of Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, October 23, 2000, lots 484 and 485.