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A PAIR OF JAMES II SILVER TOILET BOXES
Lot 202 Property from The Estate of James Pearson Duffy

A PAIR OF JAMES II SILVER TOILET BOXES

MARK OF ANTHONY NELME, LONDON, 1686

Closed17 May 2011

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A PAIR OF JAMES II SILVER TOILET BOXES
MARK OF ANTHONY NELME, LONDON, 1686
Each square, with canted corners, the sides and cover with matte punched panels, the cover engraved with coat-of-arms within plumed mantling, each marked on interior base of box, the covers apparently unmarked
3¼ in. (8 cm.) long; 9 oz. 10 dwt. (299 gr.) (2)

with S. J. Shrubsole, New York

Specialist note

The arms are those of Moyer impaling those of Boothby, as borne by Lawrence Moyer, younger brother of Sir Samuel Moyer, baronet, and his wife, Martha Boothby