A CHARLES II FIVE-PIECE SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-SERVICE

ONE BOX WITH MAKER'S MARK D IN SCRIPT, LONDON, CIRCA 1680, THE OTHER PIECES APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1680

Details

A CHARLES II FIVE-PIECE SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-SERVICE
ONE BOX WITH MAKER'S MARK D IN SCRIPT, LONDON, CIRCA 1680, THE OTHER PIECES APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1680
Each piece chased with Chinoiserie figures and animals within foliage, comprising: a pair of candlesticks; a pair of cannisters and a shaped square box, the square box marked inside and inside cover
the candlesticks 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
58 oz. (1,811 gr.) (5)

Provenance

Acquired from Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd., London, March 1968.

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Lot Essay

The maker whose mark appears on one of the toilet boxes was a prolific and accomplished silversmith. The majority of his work is decorated in the idiosyncratic chinoiserie style which developed following the establishment of the East India Company in 1600. The fashion for Chinoiserie reach its height in the last two decades of the 17th century with the import and production of lacquered furniture, porcelain and textiles in the Chinese style.

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