Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
A REGENCY SILVER FILIGREE MOUNTED BIBELOT
Lot 297

A REGENCY SILVER FILIGREE MOUNTED BIBELOT

PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1812

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 600

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A REGENCY SILVER FILIGREE MOUNTED BIBELOT
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1812
Square filigree book-cover with hinged fastener, all over decorated with spiralling foliage between silver foliate tracery, the interior fitted with the London Almanack [sic] for 1812
1 3/8 in. (34 mm.) wide

According to the 7th Earl's inventory, the gift of Mrs. Fitzherbert (1756-1837) to the child of her adopted daughter, Lady Blanche Haygarth. She gave it to Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) in 1913.