LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1828
Each inverted pear shaped and on spreading detachable foot, the sides cast and chased with vignettes depicting a figure slaying a dragon and then pursuing and capturing a maiden, all within fruiting grapevines and on textured ground, with detachable cover and fitted with a glass bottle, marked near base, underneath and on cover
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) and 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
44 oz. (1,377 gr.)
The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854). (4)
LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1828
Each inverted pear shaped and on spreading detachable foot, the sides cast and chased with vignettes depicting a figure slaying a dragon and then pursuing and capturing a maiden, all within fruiting grapevines and on textured ground, with detachable cover and fitted with a glass bottle, marked near base, underneath and on cover
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) and 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
44 oz. (1,377 gr.)
The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854). (4)
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