Lot 93
93
A GEORGE IV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A GEORGE IV GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JOHN LINNET (FL. 1800-C. 1840), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY MARK FOR 1826-1836, THE LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1828/1829 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1821-1834

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A GEORGE IV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOHN LINNET (FL. 1800-C. 1840), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY MARK FOR 1826-1836, THE LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1828/1829 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1821-1834
rectangular box with waisted sides, engine-turned wavy ground, the hinged cover and base with gold borders and rims of foliage against a sablé ground, the cover centred with a rectangular reserve engraved with presentation inscription from Marianne Dundas to the Earl of Llandaff, and further inscribed on the polished borders
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (85 gr.)
The presentation inscription reads 'From Marianne Dundas. to the Earl of Llandaff For him has many a tear been shed. And many a grateful thought is due.'
Provenance
Presented to Francis James Mathews, 2nd Earl of Landaff (1768-1833) by his sister-in-law Marianne Dundas.
Bonhams, London, 2 July 2008, lot 78.

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Lot Essay

Francis James Mathews, 2nd Earl of Llandaff married Gertrude (d. 1837), daughter of John Latouche (d. 1810), of Harristown, Co. Kildare, at his father's house in Merrion Square, Dublin, in 1797. His wife's elder sister Marianne, who presented this box, was married to Ralph Peter Dundas (d. 1828) son of General Ralph Dundas (d. 1814). The Mathews family had land in Llandaff, Co. Glamorgan and Tipperary. The Patents for the grant of the viscountcy and earldom spell the title as Landaff and the peerage is listed under this spelling in The Complete Peerage, Gloucester, 1982, vol III, p. 419-420.

For other boxes by this goldsmith see lots 35 and 89.

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