SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES
Lot 683 WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF GREGORY DE LIGNE GREGORY AND SIR GLYNNE EARLE WELBY-GREGORY BT.
LOTS 681-683

SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES

FIVE WITH MARK OF ADRIAAN HAVELAAR, THE HAGUE, 1717, ONE MARK OF WILLEM VAN BATENBURG, THE HAGUE, 1714

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SIX DUTCH SILVER TOILET-BOXES
FIVE WITH MARK OF ADRIAAN HAVELAAR, THE HAGUE, 1717, ONE MARK OF WILLEM VAN BATENBURG, THE HAGUE, 1714
Each elongated octagonal with hinged or detachable domed cover, later engraved with foliate scrolls on a matted ground, the largest on four bun feet, each marked underneath or inside, and inside cover, each with a further Dutch tax mark near rim and with a later tax mark on the bezel
one 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long; one 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; two 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) wide and two 2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm.) wide
79 oz. 4 dwt. (2,463 gr.)

Gregory de Ligne Gregory (1786-1854) of Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, by bequest to
Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Bt. (1806-1875) and then by descent.