Lot Essay
Wright married Edith Mary Priestley, one of Raymond Priestley's sisters, in June 1914. He had kept up a close correspondence with Cherry-Garrard after the return of the Terra Nova.
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A silver cigarette box with a watercolour of two penguins mounted on the lid, given by Cherry-Garrard to Wright on his wedding to Edith Priestley
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Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) -- Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975)
A silver cigarette box with a watercolour of two penguins mounted on the lid, given by Cherry-Garrard to Wright on his wedding to Edith Priestley
6¼ x 4 3/8 x 2in. (15.9 x 11.1 x 5.1cm.)
A silver cigarette box with a watercolour of two penguins mounted on the lid, given by Cherry-Garrard to Wright on his wedding to Edith Priestley
6¼ x 4 3/8 x 2in. (15.9 x 11.1 x 5.1cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.