BY WILLIAM CHAPMAN, MARKED, WITH THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1837-1901, LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK 1822-1897, LONDON DATE LETTER MAY 1865-MAY 1866, ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 AND 22CT. GOLD AND THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR 18CT. GOLD 1798-1974

细节

A VICTORIAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
by William Chapman, marked, with the English duty mark for gold 1837-1901, London assay office mark 1822-1897, London date letter May 1865-May 1866, English post-1798 standard mark for 18 and 22ct. gold and the English standard mark for 18ct. gold 1798-1974
Heavy rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover inset with a rectangular translucent blue enamel panel on an engine-turned ground, applied with a concave polished gold cartouche with scrolling projections flanked by three-dimensional cast oak leaves and acorns, in the centre an oval translucent blue enamelled raised reserve enclosing a diamond-set letter 'K', within an old mine-cut diamond surround surmounted by a jewelled and red-enamelled Russian Imperial crown, further diamonds on left and right hand sides, outer cast leaf border, the sides and base engraved with trailing reeded foliage and strapwork, slightly raised thumbpiece
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

来源

According to an inscription engraved at the inside of the cover 'presented to Henry F. Swan Esq.r by His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Russia for services rendered in the construction of War Vessels. June 5th 1865.'

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

William Chapman entered his mark as a goldworker on 14 November 1859 from 14 Frith Street, Soho. He is known to have specialised in making regalia.
Henry F. Swan, a partner of Sir Armstrong Mitchell, shipbuilders on Tyneside, was celebrated for his invention of the oil tanker, a patent for which he filed in 1885. He also financed his brother C. S. Swan in founding the shipbuilding firm of Swan-Hunter.