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A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS GENTLEMAN'S DRESSING TABLE SET
MARK OF THOMAS DILLER, LONDON, 1838-39
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A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS GENTLEMAN'S DRESSING TABLE SET
MARK OF THOMAS DILLER, LONDON, 1838-39
Comprising three rectangular boxes, a cylindrical jar, three circular boxes, two cologne bottles each with glass stopper, tapering beaker, the silver mounts of each applied with initial 'A' with Royal duke's coronet above, also two pairs of cut-steel scissors, a cork-screw, a gold ear-spoon, bodkin, and gem-set propelling pencil and five gold-mounted mother-of-pearl implements including a folding-knife, contained in a brass-bound calamander box, the cover set with initial 'A' with Royal duke's coronet above, marked inside covers and below rim of beaker
the box, 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) long
weighable silver 17 oz. 13 dwt. (549 gr.)
The initial 'A' is for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850).
MARK OF THOMAS DILLER, LONDON, 1838-39
Comprising three rectangular boxes, a cylindrical jar, three circular boxes, two cologne bottles each with glass stopper, tapering beaker, the silver mounts of each applied with initial 'A' with Royal duke's coronet above, also two pairs of cut-steel scissors, a cork-screw, a gold ear-spoon, bodkin, and gem-set propelling pencil and five gold-mounted mother-of-pearl implements including a folding-knife, contained in a brass-bound calamander box, the cover set with initial 'A' with Royal duke's coronet above, marked inside covers and below rim of beaker
the box, 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) long
weighable silver 17 oz. 13 dwt. (549 gr.)
The initial 'A' is for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850).
Provenance
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), and then by descent to his eldest daughter
Princess Augusta (1822-1916) who married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819-1904) and then by descent.
Princess Augusta (1822-1916) who married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819-1904) and then by descent.
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