A COLLECTION OF FIVE ENAMEL PILL BOXES AND AN ENAMELLED PAPERWEIGHT, SOME OF AMERICAN INTEREST
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A COLLECTION OF FIVE ENAMEL PILL BOXES AND AN ENAMELLED PAPERWEIGHT, SOME OF AMERICAN INTEREST

HALCYON DAYS AND OTHER MAKERS, LATE 20TH CENTURY

Fermé16 December 2015

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A COLLECTION OF FIVE ENAMEL PILL BOXES AND AN ENAMELLED PAPERWEIGHT, SOME OF AMERICAN INTEREST
HALCYON DAYS AND OTHER MAKERS, LATE 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a yellow and white circular box inscribed to the inside cover ‘Sunnylands/ Rancho Mirage,/ California’ 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide; an oval musical example decorated with the United States flag and inscribed with the Pledge of Allegiance, state names and with ‘’The Stars and Stripes Forever’/ composed 1897-98 by/ John Philip Sousa’, 2 ¼ in. (5.3 cm.) wide; two circular boxes, one with the American Eagle Seal of the United States to the cover and inscribed ‘From/ Ambassador and/ Mrs. Charles H. Price II/American Embassy London’ to the interior, the other with London landmarks to the cover and inscribed ‘AMERICAN/ BAR ASSOCIATION/ 1985’, 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) wide; a circular box with the Olympic rings to the cover, inscribed ‘International Olympic Committee/… 1984’, 2 ¾ in. (6 cm.) wide and giltmetal paperweight enamelled with a map of the globe, boxed 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) diameter

Note du spécialiste

Sunnylands is the former California retreat of Walter Leonore Annenberg who were friends of Mrs. Thatcher and she is known to have been a guest at the ranch.