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A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S SILVER-GILT AND SILVER-MOUNTED TRAVELLING DRESSING TABLE SET

MARK OF FREDERIC (SIC) PURNELL, LONDON, 1889

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A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S SILVER-GILT AND SILVER-MOUNTED TRAVELLING DRESSING TABLE SET
MARK OF FREDERIC (SIC) PURNELL, LONDON, 1889
Comprising:- nine mounted glass bottles (one with plated mount), a spirits flask, a small beaker, a tortoiseshell shoe horn and powder-pot, tortoiseshell-handled button-hook, clothes brush, pair of hair brushes in crocodile case, glove stretchers and 2 manicure items, all with silver coronet and monogram, and various crocodile leather items including a large wallet with silver-gilt corners, coronet and monogram and similar purse, in crocodile travelling case
Case 15 in. (38.5 cm.) long

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (1862-1946) was styled Viscount Weymouth until assuming the marquessate in 1896. He was a Conservative politician, MP for Frome 1886/92 and again 1895/96 and was Under Secretary of State for India in 1905.

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