Lot 41
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A WILLIAM IV CIRCULAR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOX, the hinged cover set with a coin commemorating the coronation of William IV, the border chased with scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the base inset with a circular piece of wood and with a central plaque inscribed 'PART OF AN ANCIENT OAK BEAM FOUND IN WINDSOR CASTLE', the inside of the cover engraved 'Given by the King to Sir Frederick Adair Roe', unmarked, probably 1831

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A WILLIAM IV CIRCULAR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOX, the hinged cover set with a coin commemorating the coronation of William IV, the border chased with scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the base inset with a circular piece of wood and with a central plaque inscribed 'PART OF AN ANCIENT OAK BEAM FOUND IN WINDSOR CASTLE', the inside of the cover engraved 'Given by the King to Sir Frederick Adair Roe', unmarked, probably 1831
3½in. (8.9cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Sir Frederick Adair Roe (1789-1866), 1st Bt., was the son of William Roe (1748-1822) of Wittsdean, Sussex, and Susannah Margarte Thomas. Frederick was knighted in 1832 and the same year was appointed Chief Magistrate at Bow Street. He married Mary Knowles in 1831 and was created a baronet in 1836

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