[WILLIAM BLIGH (1754-1817)]

William Bligh's George III gold mounted twin-handled ivory pocket turnscrew set, gold mounted with chased collars and with associated brush in silver case
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[WILLIAM BLIGH (1754-1817)] William Bligh's George III gold mounted twin-handled ivory pocket turnscrew set, gold mounted with chased collars and with associated brush in silver case

UNMARKED, LATE 18TH CENTURY

細節
[WILLIAM BLIGH (1754-1817)]

William Bligh's George III gold mounted twin-handled ivory pocket turnscrew set, gold mounted with chased collars and with associated brush in silver case
Unmarked, late 18th century
The oblong case with curved angles and engine-turned decoration, the plain borders engraved with HRH Frederick Augustus, Duke of York's cipher, the initial F with Royal Duke's coronet above, lined with blue velvet
The case 3¾in. (10cm.) long
來源
William Bligh (1754-1817) and thence by descent to the present owners.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

Presumably a gift from the Duke of York, the second son of George III and Queen Charlotte, Commander-in-Chief of the British army from 1790 ('he had ten thousand men').