Live Auction 21907Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes
A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
Lot 148

A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE

MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1735

Closed7 July 2023

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GBP 5,000–8,000

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A GEORGE II SILVER SOAP BOX FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1735
Plain spherical on circular moulded base, the hinged cover with moulded rims, engraved with the initials GW and an earl's coronet, pricked underneath GDW, marked under base and cover and with scratchweight 9=4
31/4 in. (8.3 cm.) high
9 oz. 3 dwt. (284 gr.)
The monogram and coronet are those of George Booth.
The initials underneath are those of George D. Widener.

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; then by descent to his daughter
Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768), by descent to their son,
George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819) and his wife Lady Henrietta Bentinck (1727-1837) and by descent to,
Catherine, Lady Grey (1860-1925) of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, her son Sir John Foley-Grey 8th Bt. (1893-1938),
Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley Grey, Bt.; Christie's, London, April 20, 1921, lot 137.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 October 1995, lot 424.