Lot 6
6
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
AN ANGLO-INDIAN WHITE METAL-MOUNTED IVORY-INLAID EBONY DRESSING-CASE, inlaid overall with trailing foliage and floral sprays, the hinged rectangular top enclosing a fitted interior with central removable mirror above a well and lidded compartment, flanked by four blue-glass scent-bottles and six further lidded compartments, the sides with carrying-handles, above an ebony-lined divided drawer and on foliate bracket feet, with remains of depository label to the underside and a loose handwritten label Belonging to Elizabeth Duchess of St. Albans, second half 18th Century

Details
AN ANGLO-INDIAN WHITE METAL-MOUNTED IVORY-INLAID EBONY DRESSING-CASE, inlaid overall with trailing foliage and floral sprays, the hinged rectangular top enclosing a fitted interior with central removable mirror above a well and lidded compartment, flanked by four blue-glass scent-bottles and six further lidded compartments, the sides with carrying-handles, above an ebony-lined divided drawer and on foliate bracket feet, with remains of depository label to the underside and a loose handwritten label Belonging to Elizabeth Duchess of St. Albans, second half 18th Century
16½in. (42cm.) wide; 7¼in. (18cm.) high; 12¾in. (32.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Elizabeth (d.1893), wife of the 9th Duke of St. Albans

Lot Essay

A dressing-box of this model with a similarly-fitted interior was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 9. Another with an early 19th Century provenance was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 18 November 1993, lot 6.

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