A PAIR OF GEORGE III CIRCULAR SILVER DRESSING-TABLE BOXES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CIRCULAR SILVER DRESSING-TABLE BOXES

MARK OF WILLIAM PARKER, LONDON, 1809

Closed23 May 2014

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CIRCULAR SILVER DRESSING-TABLE BOXES
MARK OF WILLIAM PARKER, LONDON, 1809
With gilt interiors; together with a larger circular example with pull-off cover, and an unmarked rectangular example, early 20th century, with hinged cover; a German silver sugar box, mid-19th century; all engraved with the Somerset coat-of-arms; and an unmarked presentation plaque presented to Lord Raglan by The Freemasons of the Isle of Man
The sugar box, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long
21 oz. 14 dwt. (615 gr.)

The plaque: Acquired by George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921) while Governor of the Isle of Man (1902-1919).