A QUEEN ANNE SILVER SUGAR-BOX AND COVER

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A QUEEN ANNE SILVER SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
LONDON, 1705, MAKER'S MARK OF HUMPHREY PAYNE

Of rectangular bombe form with canted corners, the domed cover with octagonal baluster finial, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms with a foliate scroll circular cartouche, the cover with a crest, fully marked--4 5/8in. wide (11.75cm.)
(8oz. 10dwt.)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Heathcote of Hackney, Middlesex, for Samuel Heathcote, born in 1665, who married in 1691 Mary, second daughter of William Dawsonne, also of Hackney. Samuel Heathcote died in 1708 and was succeeded by his eldest son William.