LONDON, CIRCA 1770, WORKSHOP OF JAMES COX

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A FINE GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE NECESSAIRE**
London, circa 1770, workshop of James Cox
The rectangular casket raised on four rocaille feet, the truncated pyramidal top applied with five rocaille-clad urns, the striated mauve agate panels mounted in a gold cagework chased with floral swags and scrolls, the front panel also decorated with a bird and a dog, opening to a drawer containing a French gold and enamelled thimble, four glass scent-bottles with gold caps, a magnifying glass, scissors, an ivory tablet, a pencil, a folding knife, a small mirror, a key, two small spoons, and a matching agate lunette de jalousie, apparently unmarked
The casket 6in. (15.2cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, May 25-26, 1993, lot 95

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Descriptif du lot

A similar necessaire by Cox is in the collection at Waddesdon Manor, illustrated in Serge Grandjean, et al., The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Gold Boxes, 1975, no. 21, pp. 54-55.

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