Box
1728-1729
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Box, one of a pair from a toilet set, silver, square with rounded angles and coffered sides, moulded base and the lid engraved with a coat of arms within a rococo shield.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and engraved. |
Brief description | Box from a toilet set, silver, London hallmarks for 1728-29, mark of Abraham Buteux. |
Physical description | Box, one of a pair from a toilet set, silver, square with rounded angles and coffered sides, moulded base and the lid engraved with a coat of arms within a rococo shield. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Ethel Gurney |
Object history | Bequest - Ethel Gurney Acquisition RF: 39 / 3532 Exhibitions: Let's Face it, 9 June - 30 September, 1986, Museum of London |
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Bibliographic reference | Watts, Old English Silver, London, 1924, Pl.82b, pp.82/72 |
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Accession number | M.147A-1939 |
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Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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