Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DECANTER BOX
Lot 216

A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DECANTER BOX

THE LOCK PLATE WITH MARKS FOR LONDON, CIRCA 1750, MAKER'S MARK I.W

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 1,500

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A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DECANTER BOX
THE LOCK PLATE WITH MARKS FOR LONDON, CIRCA 1750, MAKER'S MARK I.W
The sloping lid enclosing a later fitted interior with three gilt-decorated clear glass decanter-bottles, probably originally fitted as a knife-box
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep

Possibly W. Bruford & Son, High Street, Exeter, where acquired on 26 November 1929, as a 'Nose shape Sheraton knife box' (£18).