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VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, GEORGE III-20TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE GENTLEMAN'S TRAVELLING DRESSING TABLE SET
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, GEORGE III-20TH CENTURY
Comprising a Goliath watch engraved to back with Spencer crest, a similarly engraved rectangular silver box with pull-off cover, London, 1887, a similarly engraved silver soap box, London, 1875, eleven various silver-mounted glass bottles with crested plain covers, two similarly crested rectangular silver boxes with pierced scrollwork covers, covers London, 1825, bases London, 1835, a plated shaving brush and holder, two circular silver boxes, 1818 and later, a silver-cased vanity mirror by Rawlings & Summers, London, 1838, a plated drum-shaped box with amatory inscription, a small hammered dish, London, 1884, a leather-backed shaving mirror, two tortoiseshell boot-hook handles inlaid with silver Spencer crest, a crested dessert spoon, London, 1845 and a tray with 12 other fittings including a tortoiseshell-handled knife and button-hook, both with inlaid Spencer crest, the fitted brass-bound mahogany box with name-plate inscribed 'Earl Spencer K.G.'
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, GEORGE III-20TH CENTURY
Comprising a Goliath watch engraved to back with Spencer crest, a similarly engraved rectangular silver box with pull-off cover, London, 1887, a similarly engraved silver soap box, London, 1875, eleven various silver-mounted glass bottles with crested plain covers, two similarly crested rectangular silver boxes with pierced scrollwork covers, covers London, 1825, bases London, 1835, a plated shaving brush and holder, two circular silver boxes, 1818 and later, a silver-cased vanity mirror by Rawlings & Summers, London, 1838, a plated drum-shaped box with amatory inscription, a small hammered dish, London, 1884, a leather-backed shaving mirror, two tortoiseshell boot-hook handles inlaid with silver Spencer crest, a crested dessert spoon, London, 1845 and a tray with 12 other fittings including a tortoiseshell-handled knife and button-hook, both with inlaid Spencer crest, the fitted brass-bound mahogany box with name-plate inscribed 'Earl Spencer K.G.'
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