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A CHARLES II SILVER SUGAR BOX
Lot 184 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION

A CHARLES II SILVER SUGAR BOX

LONDON, 1679, MAKER'S MARK AH, STAR ABOVE CRESCENT BELOW IN SHAPED SHIELD, PROBABLY FOR ABRAHAM HINDE

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A CHARLES II SILVER SUGAR BOX
LONDON, 1679, MAKER'S MARK AH, STAR ABOVE CRESCENT BELOW IN SHAPED SHIELD, PROBABLY FOR ABRAHAM HINDE
Oval and on four scroll feet, the sides lobed within foliate cartouches, the low domed hinged cover chased with conforming lobes against an acanthus matted ground, enclosing a calyx of acanthus and centered with a serpent ring finial, with pierced hasp, the underside engraved K over W*R, marked inside base and on cover beneath finial, also with maker's mark inside cover
8 ¼ in. (20.5 cm.) long
26 oz. 12 dwt. (828 gr.)

Frederick Dru Drury (1845-1936), of Woolsery, Bournemouth.
Anonymous sale [Mr and Mrs Dru Drury]; Christie's, London, 9 July 1907, lot 92 (£200 to Garrard).
Clarence Chesney Wilson (1873-1936), son of Australian millionaire Sir Samuel Wilson.
Clarence Wilson Esq., of Grove Place, Nursling and 105 Mount Street; Christie's, London, 22 May 1913, lot 224 (£265 to Elkington).
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, London, by 1931.
Richard Cushing Paine Sr. (1893-1966), Boston, Massachusetts and then by descent.