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A CHARLES II COFFERMAKER'S BILL
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A CHARLES II COFFERMAKER'S BILL

BY RICHARD PIGG, DATED 1668

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A CHARLES II COFFERMAKER'S BILL
BY RICHARD PIGG, DATED 1668
The bill detailing work carried out for His Majesty's Bedchamber and Laundresse for £17 5s 4d, in a modern leather bound glass frame, with window section to the reverse signed '30TH MARCH 1668 RICHARD PIGG COFFERMAKER 97'; sold together with A Loan Exhibition depicting The Reign of Charles I, 28 January-March, 1932
The bill: 13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
R. W. Symonds Esq. and by descent.
Exhibited
22-23 Grosvenor House, London, A Loan Exhibition depicting the Reign of Charles II, 28 January-March 1932, no. 741 (lent by R. W. Symonds Esq.).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
The Loan Exhibition depicting the Reign of Charles II was held at 22-23 Grosvenor Place, London between 28 January-March 1932, not Grosvenor House as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Richard Pigg was the most renowned trunk or coffer-maker of the second half of the seventeenth century. He was coffer-maker to Charles II, and supplied a large number of trunks covered with 'russia leather' to various members of the Court, both with and without drawers. A leather brass-bound travelling trunk, circa 1670, attributed to Pigg is illustrated in L. Synge, Mallett's Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 26, fig. 13. A part transcription of the bill details the use of 'russia leather' in Pigg's work:
'For his Majesty's Laundresse: For a standard cupboard with russia leather with two locks and padlocks, bound round with iron, £6 10s.'
The bill is precisely dated and priced : 'For March 30th 1668. Pray upon sight his work, Pay unto Mr Pigg, Coffermaker this Bill of Seventeen pounds and five shillings and fourpence'
The bill is addressed to Sir Edward Montague KG,PC, (created 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625-1672)): 'To Thomas Townsend Esquire, Deputy to the right honourable the Earl of Sandwich, Master of his Majesty's great Wardrobe'.

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