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A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER-GILT TOILET BOXES
maker's mark of Benjamin Pyne, London, 1719
Each cylindrical and on moulded spreading base, the sides cast and chased with buildings and trees, the detachable slightly domed covers with a figure, one Diana, the other Venus, within foliate scroll border, the bases and covers each engraved with a cypher, marked under bases and on covers, with scratch weights 9=2 and 8=15 - 8.25cm. (3¼in.) diam.
555grs. (2)
maker's mark of Benjamin Pyne, London, 1719
Each cylindrical and on moulded spreading base, the sides cast and chased with buildings and trees, the detachable slightly domed covers with a figure, one Diana, the other Venus, within foliate scroll border, the bases and covers each engraved with a cypher, marked under bases and on covers, with scratch weights 9=2 and 8=15 - 8.25cm. (3¼in.) diam.
555grs. (2)