MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1844
Details
A Victorian parcel-gilt lady's travelling dressing table service
maker's mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1844
Comprising four silver-gilt mounted glass scent bottles with gilt painted decoration, a similarly decorated silver-gilt mounted glass jar, four oblong boxes, two square boxes and two circular boxes, the covers chased with a band of husks, scrolls and flowers on a matted ground, a panel of latticework, scrolls and a central cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Duke's coronet, with fifteen steel, brass and mother-of-pearl-mounted sewing, manicure and writing implements, a brass almanach and two silver-gilt spoons, with maker's mark of George Adams, London, 1841 and 1842, marked on bases and covers, the boxes stamped 'R & S GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON', all in fitted wood case lined with red velvet, the exterior inset with a plaque engraved with a coat-of-arms with Duke's coronet above and with brass angles and carrying handles, the rim with plaques engraved 'J BRAMAH 124 PICCADILY' and 'R & S GARRARD & CO Crown Goldsmiths and Jewellers PANTON STREET HAYMARKET LONDON'
the oblong boxes 7½in. (19cm.) long; the case 21in. (53cm.) long
106ozs. (3,319grs.)
maker's mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1844
Comprising four silver-gilt mounted glass scent bottles with gilt painted decoration, a similarly decorated silver-gilt mounted glass jar, four oblong boxes, two square boxes and two circular boxes, the covers chased with a band of husks, scrolls and flowers on a matted ground, a panel of latticework, scrolls and a central cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Duke's coronet, with fifteen steel, brass and mother-of-pearl-mounted sewing, manicure and writing implements, a brass almanach and two silver-gilt spoons, with maker's mark of George Adams, London, 1841 and 1842, marked on bases and covers, the boxes stamped 'R & S GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON', all in fitted wood case lined with red velvet, the exterior inset with a plaque engraved with a coat-of-arms with Duke's coronet above and with brass angles and carrying handles, the rim with plaques engraved 'J BRAMAH 124 PICCADILY' and 'R & S GARRARD & CO Crown Goldsmiths and Jewellers PANTON STREET HAYMARKET LONDON'
the oblong boxes 7½in. (19cm.) long; the case 21in. (53cm.) long
106ozs. (3,319grs.)
Provenance
Jane, 6th Duchess of Marlborough (d.1844) and thence by descent to her husband's fifth son, by his third marriage
Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (1853-1911) and thence by descent to his son
Edward George Spencer-Churchill M.C. (1876-1964)
The Late Captain E. G. Spencer Churchill M.C., removed from Northwick Park; Chrsitie's London, 26 May 1965, lot 63a
Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (1853-1911) and thence by descent to his son
Edward George Spencer-Churchill M.C. (1876-1964)
The Late Captain E. G. Spencer Churchill M.C., removed from Northwick Park; Chrsitie's London, 26 May 1965, lot 63a